supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
farfetched (argument, opinion); forced (sense, view); strained (interpretation); distorted
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
to prove; to substantiate
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
deep affection; tender love; devotion; doting upon
having said that; on the other hand
Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province; sword of the Dotanuki school, usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords; in fiction, a heavier variant of Japanese sword
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
great deed; great enterprise; great work; massive undertaking
ultimate; final; last; eventual
reality; real state of affairs; true state of affairs; true form of all things as they are; ultimate reality
the empty nature of all things
four characters; four letters
culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to be needed; to be wanted
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
traditional Japanese paper made from the fibre of plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana (high quality, glossy)
string made from twisted paper
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
arm glove; arm warmer; bracelet; leather thread on guard or pommel of a sword; hole in the butt end of a Chinese spear
shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)