long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
insolent fellow; rude fellow
instead; but (on the other hand)
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
Ardisia crenata; coralberry
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
government; administration
worldly wisdom; gumption; stingy person
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to palm off; to force a sale
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
to take the profit over the fame
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument
golden lace (Patrinia scabiosifolia); scabious patrinia; yellow patrinia
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
German silver; nickel silver; silver coinage imported to Japan during the late Edo and early Meiji periods
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
monthly contract; paying by the month
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal