pair; two kinds; two ways
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
race (of people); type of person
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
historic; historical; traditional
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about
to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
drawing a sword; drawn sword
bewitched sword; magical sword; demon sword
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
artistry; artistic quality; artistic character
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to shake off; to throw off
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
sweeping sideways; mowing down
guaranteed; authentic; certified
hostile party; enemy side
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
measurement error; calculation error
suicide by throwing oneself to one's death; leaping to one's death
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name
out of fashion; out of style; outmoded
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia