perfection; completeness; wholeness; soundness; intactness
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
quenching; hardening; tempering
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
master craftsman; skillful worker
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
beyond human understanding
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to draw back; to leave (the area)
emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings
bewitched sword; magical sword; demon sword
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
dragon god; dragon king; naga
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
slowness; inertness; inability; lack of talent; dullness
Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo
qi; mysterious life force that makes up everything; spirits; mind; divine atmosphere; mysterious presence
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
to stick it out (until the end)
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
happy memory; sweet memory
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better