blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to thrust before; to thrust at
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
function; facility; faculty; feature
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
armor and helmet (armour)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
employment of workers through (personal) connections; getting a job through one's personal connection
domestic affairs; internal administration
in that manner; like that
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
section; cross section; profile
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to dye; to colour; to color
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
flying column; detached force
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
either way; in any case; one way or another
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion