ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to attack; to assault; to assail
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
striking just before one's opponent makes a move
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count