water's edge; beach; foreshore
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
decision; judgment; resolution
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
man; male; masculine gender
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground
aloha shirt; Hawaiian shirt
something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; (giving a) discount; price reduction; addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
indicates emphasis, intention, etc.
(incoming) attack; raid; invasion; assault
extremely dangerous; very risky; very awful; extremely terrible; amazing; terrific
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
to look up (at); to look upwards; to respect; to look up to
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
root; joint; base; crotch
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
the Rooster (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Cock; hour of the Rooster (around 6pm, 5-7pm, or 6-8pm); west; eight month of the lunar calendar
one-yen book (Showa period)
article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
master swordsman; skilled fencer
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
with a start; with a jump
with a momentary flash of light
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am