to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
chopping board; cutting board
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
travelling alone; solitary journey
ninth day of the month; nine days
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
unsigned; without a signature
katana (sword worn on the hip edge up by samurai)
something going right into or coming right out of a place where it fits snugly
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
retirement (from the world); seclusion
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
Machisu; Matisse; Matthies
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
release; emission; ejection
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
president (of a society); chairman
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
expulsion; excommunication
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down