to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
that; the matter in question
really; truly; indeed; good grief
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
grip (of hand); grip strength
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; being pretentious; putting on airs; foppery
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
sword hunt; sword confiscation
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
freshwater goby (any fish of genus Rhinogobius); dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); Gymnogobius urotaenia (species of goby); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
kind; sort; species; species
survival; survivor; relic
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear
to be lazy; to be idle; to slack; to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school)
to rebuke; to scold harshly