carving; engraving; chiselled features
flower-shaped family crest
haberdashery; sundries store
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
offender (esp. murderer); criminal
bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
physician in private practice; town doctor; doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
to take away; to carry away
there is nothing; having nothing
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
right side; right-hand side
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
small brazier; hand-warmer
woman approaching middle age
bow; bowing (and greeting); declining; refusing
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out