long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); (arch.) prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
Kintarō; Golden Boy; Kintarō doll; diamond-shaped apron
Urashima Tarō; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
idle talk; nonsense; fool; idiot; irresponsible; nonsensical
to be a good match (for); to stand a chance (against); to be able to compete (with); to hold one's own
(arch.) slow witted fellow; (arch.) counter-hero; (arch.) lie; (arch.) nonsense; Yotaro (rakugo character)
unemployed person; vagabond; floater; day labourer (esp. on the docks)
hooligan; layabout; good-for-nothing; gangster
Kintarō candy; Kintarō-ame; hard stick-shaped candy made so that the face of folk hero Kintarō appears when it is sliced; something (or someone) lacking originality; something lacking in variety; cookie-cutter design (look, approach, etc.)
largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus); scabbard fish; beltfish
manager (theatrical company)
watchman (implies low rank or burakumin status)
sound of a sword cutting or clashing
point of a sword; forceful debate
it's good to have a girl first and then a boy; one girl and two boys are ideal
hellgrammite (larva of dobsonfly species Protohermes grandis)
stupid brat; mischievous kid; troublemaker
person in charge of beheading (concluding a seppuku); executioner; person in charge of beheading; rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
Rip van Winkle feeling; feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to one's hometown
sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword); rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony
long sword cloth bag; bag for long swords
to talk nonsense; to spout rubbish; to say silly things
wooden transport ship used on Lake Biwa; vessel made from logs, e.g. large dugout canoe
mock sword for ceremonial use
The Birth of Momotaro (book by Yanagita Kunio)
the world is at peace; (lit.) bows in bags and swords in sheaths
to live a wicked life; to play the gangster; to commit delinquency; to say nonsense; to spout rubbish; to talk humbug
day of Ten'ichijin's first ascension to heaven in a year (the 30th day of the first sexagenary cycle of the year)
long sword with birds' heads carved on the pommel
Taroko people (indigenous Taiwanese people); Truku people
Kumamoto-style vermicelli soup
sickness back; motion sickness bag
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
sevenband grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus septemfasciatus); convict grouper
gold-ribbon grouper (species of fish, Aulacocephalus temmincki)
snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)
blacktip grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus fasciatus)
yellow grouper (Epinephelus awoara); banded grouper
brown-spotted grouper (Epinephelus chlorostigma)
humpback grouper (Chromileptes altivelis); panther grouper
red-spotted grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus akaara); Hong Kong grouper
yellow-edged lyretail (Variola louti); lyretail grouper; coronation cod