astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
favorite sword; cherished sword
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
elegance; taste; refinement
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
body; physique; build; stature
weakening; emaciation; decline
from one's seat; without stirring
description; describing; depicting
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
like this; this sort; this way
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
one edge; one end; one side
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to make a fool of someone
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
very; much; greatly; a lot of
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked