real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice sword)
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
school for the handicapped; special school
system; institution; organization; organisation
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
complication; confusion; disorder
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
crayfish (esp. Japanese crayfish, Cambaroides japonicus or red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii); crawfish
(small crunchy) dried sardines
muddy water; red-light district
looking depressed; long face
quick to take a hint; very responsive; quick on the uptake
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
innocence; being not guilty
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
crying in sympathy; infectious crying
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
with a thump; with a thud; hard (hit, scold, etc.); severely; card marking (on a hanafuda, etc. card); alteration
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard