confidence; trust; faith; credit
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
tool; implement; means; furniture
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
clanging; empty; deserted
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to sit on the floor with one knee raised; to raise one knee; to sit with one knee up
favorite sword; cherished sword
legendary; folkloric; traditional
maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze
disaster; calamity; misfortune
bit (horse mouthpiece); second stroke in the Eight Principles of Yong; rightward stroke
end; finish; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); trump card
to temper a sword; to forge a sword
blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
old sword; old katana; kotō; old sword; katana forged before the advent of the Keichō era
to one's heart's content; as much as one likes; without reserve; freely; to the full
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to bring back; to restore
counter for rules; rule; regulation
nomination (of a person to a position); selection; election; assignment; appointment
election by mutual vote; election from within a committee (party, etc.); internal vote
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)