attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill); samurai who tries out his sword on a passerby
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
carving; engraving; sculpture; tattoo
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
picking up; gathering; type-picking; walking
feeling in one's bones; foreboding; premonition; presentiment; gut feeling; gut instinct
to knock down; to bring down
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
not a word to anyone; keep it secret; mum's the word
to keep secret; to conceal
poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; malice; spite
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
self-centered; self-centred; selfish
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration
strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity
to mesh (of gears); (fig.) to be in sync (of people, organizations, etc.)
personal feelings; self-interest
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
(and) yet; but; for all that; nevertheless
copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii); mountain bird
stone (used for throwing)
inconsiderate; unkind; cruel; thoughtless; unthinking; mindless
show tent; circus tent; freak show
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
as affairs stand; judging from the present situation; as things are now