bracer (arm guard used in archery); gauntlet (armour); glove (in kendo or fencing); strike to the forearm (in kendo)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke
disinheritance; disowning
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
second (unit of time); arc second
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
when in Rome, do as the Romans do
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
to shout (in anger); to yell
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
setting off (on a trip); departure
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
taking a glance at; glimpsing at; taking a peek at; quick look; peep
evil spirit; demon; devil
to arrive home; to return