confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to have a talk; to tell a story
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
hiding one's embarrassment
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to be silent; to say nothing
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to be injured; to sustain a wound
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
myself; yourself; I; me; you
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
that; the matter in question
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
had better ...; had better not ...
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
famous sword; excellent sword
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest