iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
personal history; background; career
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
matter of time; question of time
head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
to stick it out (until the end)
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
(with a) whizz; hiss; zip; easily; with ease
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
ugly woman; unattractive woman; (arch.) female demon
to boil with rage; to be infuriated
weird; strange; mysterious
to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
two times; twice; two degrees
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
supreme; sublime; highest
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
snap (of the wrist; in baseball, golf, etc.); snapshot; snap fastener; press stud; snap (movement, action)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)