fortress; stronghold; citadel
three sides; small offering stand
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
fort; stronghold; fortification
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
Imperial Family; Imperial Household
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
natural; intrinsic; from birth
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
(wielding) dual swords (esp. in fiction); twin swords; pair of Chinese straight swords wielded simultaneously (oft. sharing a single scabbard)
to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
to change (one's clothes)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
messenger; envoy; emissary
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)