kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
very much; exceedingly; extremely
stone harvesting knife; stone knife
tool (esp. software, etc.); tour (e.g. Tour de France)
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
grinding; polishing; refining (skill, knowledge, etc.); striving to master something
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
if so; in that case; in that situation
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; bumpiness
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
finish; finishing; finishing touches
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
stone implement (e.g. stone age arrowheads); stone tool
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
small; little; fine; (arch.) fine pattern
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
dozens; scores of; decades
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)