side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
look; glance; (at first) sight
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
display window; shop window; store window
chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
broad-bladed kitchen knife (for dressing fish); deba knife
all-purpose kitchen knife; santoku knife
petty knife; petit knife; small kitchen knife; paring knife; fruit knife
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
convenience; user-friendliness
all-purpose kitchen knife
length of a blade; walking barefoot on the edge of a sword blade (acrobatic stunt)
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
clientele; customer stratum
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
using all one's strength; using all one's might
old wound; scar; unpleasant past experience; painful memory; past misdeed
quality (of a product or a service)
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
to forget completely; to leave behind
winter vacation; winter holidays
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
bad reputation; poor reception; unpopularity; disrepute
unceasing; never-ending; endless
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
carefully; closely; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
running; tank top (worn as an undergarment or sportswear); vest; singlet
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; to relax; to take it easy; to chill
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly