the whole life; entire life
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
resonance; sympathetic vibration
spinning rapidly; turning quickly; fast-forward (VCR, etc.); scanning
starting (a machine, engine, etc.); starting (a project, plan, etc.); beginning; initiation
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
same family (race, tribe)
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
number of revolutions (i.e. as an engine speed); number of rotations; speed of revolution; speed of rotation
to change configuration (e.g. electrical wiring); to reconfigure
to twist (e.g. someone's arm); to wrench
minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
masterpiece; masterwork; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
splash pattern (e.g. on a kimono); dye pattern; kasuri
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to fan; to incite; to instigate
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
fireworks display; display of fireworks
making some money; earning
night stall; night shop; night fair
street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
sword skills; swordsmanship
one gō (approx. 180 ml); one gō (approx. 0.33 square meters); one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain
Western clothing; Western binding
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
sun (approx. 3 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to