it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
sharing; division; draw; tie
slightly early; just before
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
ill-bred; poorly brought up
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
and then; and so; and; so then
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
historical play; period drama
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
metempsychosis; saving the lives of many
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
uninhabited island; desert island
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer