locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition
Chakaman (brand-name of rechargeable lighter)
staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
colon (punctuation); eau de Cologne; colonist; colón (currency of Costa Rica and former currency of El Salvador); colon
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
to be intimate with; to befriend
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
newspaper subscription fee
the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; MLB
training; education; development; cultivation
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
epidermis; cuticle; bark; epidermis; facade
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
greater than ...; bigger ...
cracker; party popper; cracker; cracker
disaster prevention practice
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove; household; family
a rolling stone gathers no moss
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
great physical power; animal strength
Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism)
to reject (a manuscript); to turn down (a proposal)
conducting wire; line of flow (of people, objects, etc.)
sulking in bed; going to bed in a huff
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
sterilization by boiling; sterilisation by boiling
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss