birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Europe and America; the West
at that time; in those days
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
to unfold; to unroll; to open
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
battlefield; battleground
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
in the same manner as before; the same as always
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to fight against; to oppose; to face
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way