staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
blacksmith's workshop; smithy; forge; foundry
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
narrow; thin (sized); slender
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
poor piece of work; rubbish; trash
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
in proportion to; just as much as
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
length of a blade (sword, knife, etc.); walking on the edge of a sword
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
firm; strong; solid; stable
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
to attack; to assault; to assail
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to give; to do (something) for
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
fast-talking; rapid talking
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
early (days); initial stage; initial
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)