Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Dark Continent (i.e. Africa)
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
intimidating enough to quieten a crying child
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus
all one has; all one's possessions
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo
to manage a state; to govern a country
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
to win and advance to the next round
useful thing; usable article
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to take; to catch; to capture
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
ignorant of the ways of the world
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
a little bit; a little while
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)