insertion; letter drop; sending to a prisoner; thing sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
way of calling (something or someone)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to move (house); to change residence
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
way; method; means; resource; course
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
one thing or another; this and that; something or another
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
super technology; technology beyond our current capabilities, mainly in science fiction