measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
heating power; thermal power; firepower
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
cooperation; coordination; link
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
nature; property; disposition
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
calculated; premeditated; considered
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fly around; to scatter
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to pick up; to find; to gather
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to finish reading; to read through
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to glare at each other; to confront each other