thicket; coppice; brushwood
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
gradually; slowly but steadily
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to blow through; to blow across
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
to fall flat; to fall face down
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to show up; to appear; to turn up
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
-less; lacking; non-existing
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
brilliant; bright; dazzling
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip