tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to tread on thin ice; to walk on thin ice; to take a grave risk; to be in a precarious situation
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
Saitou Hajime (1844-1915)
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
again; once more; a second time
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on