by all means; at all costs; absolutely
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
petty underling; small fry
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
to put one's hand on; to touch
one thing; one article; ulterior motive; secret intention; penis; money
make; workmanship; preparation
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
a lot; plenty; abundant; exaggerated; grandiose
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant
article; item; thing; goods; wares
look; glance; sight; summary; list; table
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
after tax income; net income
sword hilt; decorative hilt
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
origin; source; virtuous ancestor
to understand; to comprehend
thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
-stopper (thing that halts or prevents something); -blocker; -preventer
guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange
southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south); South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods); Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods); foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style); chili pepper; nanban
knife attached to the sheath of a sword
metal surface decoration with raised fine protrusions resembling fish eggs; twill weave; basket weave
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
coating (esp. lacquering)
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito); big three; top three
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
sacrifice sale; selling for a song; dumping
pointing (at; with one's finger)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria