there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
holy water; urine (esp. as related to urolagnia)
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
miraculous; wonder-working; magical
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
finishing blow; coup de grâce
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
material; substance; matter
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
invisibly; secretly; privately
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
genuine article; real thing; real deal
reality; actuality; hard fact
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to pray for the repose of somebody's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
(radio) receptivity; sensitivity; susceptibility
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up