edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
drawing a sword; drawn sword
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
material; materials; data; information; documents
based on; built on; made from
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
practicality; utility; usefulness
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing
young master; young gentleman
how; in what way; how about; questionable
senior high school student
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
food tray (used in the food industry)
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
Shōwa period (1926-1989); Showa period
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
coarse anko; coarse sweet red bean paste
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional