metal utensil; ironware; metal fittings; hardware
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
every day and every night
studying very hard; studying like mad
extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
to leave something as it is
soon; shortly; before long
security; stability; safety; peace
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
expulsion; driving out; driving away; extermination
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to call again; to call (someone) back
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
going into battle; departure for the front; appearing (in a match); starting an election campaign
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
to machine; to cut; to scrape
personality; style; appearance
domestic affairs; internal administration
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
accession to the throne; enthronement