direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
than; from; out of; except; but; more
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
crest of the Sanada clan (featuring six sen coins, trad. to pay for crossing the Sanzu River)
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
flower-shaped family crest
as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
regarding highly; attaching importance to
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
massing (of troops); gathering
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
already; now; no longer; not any more
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it; (lit.) tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
death from disease; death from illness