(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
without; unless; have to do
decoration; ornament; trimmings
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
ornament; decoration; figurehead; leader without real power
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
to seek happiness; to pursue happiness
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)
to take (be in) charge of
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
sanity; consciousness; soberness
ornamental garden stone (seemingly placed randomly to give the garden a more natural appearance); garden rock; sacrificed stone (in go); sacrifice (e.g. career, reputation); stones used in a foundation; riprap
dividing line; parting (of the hair); partition; crisis
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
(how) many times; (how) often
battlefield; battleground
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)