vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
being independent; becoming independent; standing on one's own feet (without the use of crutches, etc.)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
recreation; diversion; relaxation
one end; an end; part; fragment
one's whole heart; everything one feels
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
ice; ice cream; ice pop; ice lolly; cold; iced (e.g. iced tea, iced coffee); ice (stimulant drug)
ringing; throbbing violently
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
souvenir store; gift shop
edge of the eaves; house frontage
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
practice sword; fake sword
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
personification; anthropomorphization
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
ending up right back where one started
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
practice sword used in iaido
impulse buying; impulse purchase
warp; curvature; bend; curve (of a sword)
this sort of; this type of
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
electric appliance store; electrician
model (of machine, device); model of aircraft; type of aircraft