or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
both bare shoulders; stripped to the waist
clashing of swords; fight; brawl; scuffle
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
battlefield; battleground
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
early post war period; immediately after the war
insubordination; outlawry
showing one's face in public; facing another person
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
accidental death; casualty
all you have to do is; just; that's all
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
fear; dread; fright; willies
few decades; many decades; several decades
bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed
capable of anything; liable to do
brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit
simple honesty; tactless frankness
contraction; narrowing; stricture; stenosis
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
mille-feuille (type of pastry)
rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf
tart; roll of sponge cake with sweetened beans
cantaloupe-flavoured soda
fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth