mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
something to wear; clothes
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
big talk; boasting; bragging
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
practice; practising; training; study
to recall; to remember; to recollect
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
particularly; only; in the case of
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
kakari geiko; training performed by an attacker and a defender
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)