strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
acid; sourness; sour taste
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
without trouble; easily; readily
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
alone; by oneself; on one's own
grandfather; male senior-citizen
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
to strike dead; to beat to death
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
very much; exceedingly; extremely
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board
sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape; fresh sashimi
six (long cylindrical things)
pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary
(running) along a mountain; along (a chain of) mountains
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
independently developed; proprietary
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
to be out of breath; to breathe hard (e.g. during physical activity); to pant
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted