real intention; true motive; true meaning
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
second-hand shop; curio shop
teaching Buddhism; rough person; bullying; ostentatious bravado
livelihood; subsistence; business; trade; profession
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
temper pattern of a sword blade
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
disorder; disturbance; unrest
ore; unprocessed metal; ground metal; (one's) true character
straight grain; quartersawn grain
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
behavior; behaviour; manner
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
possession by a fox spirit; person possessed by a fox spirit
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
flour; meal; powder; dust
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
killing a passerby in order to test a new sword
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
victim; injured party; sufferer
middle of the night; dead of night
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity