ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
false rumor (rumour); false alarm; misinformation
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
(being) fully equipped; (being) fully furnished; completeness
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
having good knowledge of a certain matter; person who has good knowledge of a certain matter; informed source
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to put something on top of another thing; to superimpose
tens of thousands of years
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet