taking care of oneself; self-love
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica); Asian royal fern; flowering fern
wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
order of chivalry; chivalric order
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to be the worst of the worst; (lit.) to deserve to die ten thousand deaths
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
to return a punch; to strike back; to hit (the ball) straight back; to plow up; to plough up; to renovate (cotton fabric)
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
doubt; suspicion; fear; apprehension
out of control; uncontrollable
to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly
Ochanomizu (Tokyo district); Ochanomizu (Kyogen play)
yellowish; tinged with yellow
contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
to become loose; to slacken; to soften
to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
capillary; capillary vessel
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); (arch.) assistance; (arch.) help
to drop to one's knees; to sink to one's knees
under the command (of); under the banner (of); influenced (by)
bitter liquid; (fig.) bitter experience