to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
honorific/polite/humble prefix
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
last night; yesterday evening
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
instant; moment; for an instant
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
master swordsman; skilled fencer
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
recently; lately; these days
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill); samurai who tries out his sword on a passerby
to attack and scatter; to argue vehemently
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
time; hour; period; class
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points