smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
with a (cry of) "ah!"; with a shout (of surprise, shock, etc.); in surprise; in astonishment
hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
three sides; small offering stand
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
encouragement; backing; reinforcements
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
thousand years; thousand generations; thousand ages; eternity
very long period; forever; eight thousand years
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
three sides; three faces; page three (of a newspaper)
plan; scheme; stratagem; trick; trap; plot
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
La Pérouse Strait (between Hokkaido and Sakhalin); Soya Strait
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to make the same; to have the same ...; to be of the same ...
ingenuity; resourcefulness
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
seeing in the dark; night vision
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
vigorous man; man in his prime; activist for the Freedom and People's Rights Movement (Meiji period); freelance political ruffian; hired intimidator (acting under the pretext of social justice)
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
great war; great battle; world war
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to cut out; to clip from; to extract