to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
profiting while others fight
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
chink in the armor (armour)
metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
hitting the maximum value of a numeric counter
flashiness; showiness; brilliance; bloom; flowers
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
is something that; is that which
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to repeat; to do something over again
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
inscrutable; incomprehensible
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer