fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
way; method; means; (technical) specification
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
warp; curvature; curve; arch
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
make; workmanship; preparation
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
ancestor; forefather; foremother
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to spit out; to eject; to dump
witnessing; observing; sighting
place; room; margin; scope
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to gather; to collect; to assemble
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
(theatrical) fighting scene
without cause; without reason