blow; hit (on the body); beating
front entrance; front door
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
citizen's holiday; by law, any weekday that falls between two other national holidays (e.g. between 1985 and 2006 May 4, now Greenery Day)
substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday
power; authority; jurisdiction
one eye; eye (for pictures, etc.)
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
town girl; girl raised in a town
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
magistrate; shogunate administrator
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
head-on fight; head-to-head contest; serious contest
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
sword battle (staged for television, etc.); sword fight
film world; world of cinema
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
real hair; one's own hair
pet dog; beloved dog; love of dogs; fondness for dogs
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
very hungry; starving; ravenous
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
peerless; unequalled; unequaled
regional cuisine; local cuisine
towering; astonishingly high
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
tram; streetcar; trolley; tramcar