origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; face-off
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts
to be matched against (in a sports contest)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
any more; any further; any better; any longer
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
without reservation; freely; frankly
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
name; given name; first name
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...