discriminatory; discriminative
rustic; country bumpkin; ruffian; unrefined person; non-politician; non-government person
contempt; derision; slight; disdain
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)
blazing sun; scorching sun; hot day
guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
turned-down collar; turndown collar; lapel
riding breeches; jodhpurs
summertime; summer season
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
Nazi; Nationalsozialist; Nazi Party
an assortment; combination
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition; first match (in a series)
both armies; both teams; both sides
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
aspect; appearance; physiognomy (as an indication of one's fortune); aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
the tip of a spear; the edge at the very tip of a sword
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
dust; dirt; dreary world; petty affairs of everyday life
to die; to lay down life's burden
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
Jigen-ryū; school of swordsmanship founded in the Satsuma domain in the early Edo period
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Hayato; ethnic group which lived in Kyūshū in ancient times and opposed the state of Yamato; man from Kagoshima
slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
reaching; attaining; arrival
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)