miso-based sauce; miso sauce
suggestion; hint; implication
single shot gun; one-loader gun
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
leather belt; cartridge or gun belt
Asian black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus); moon bear
having missing teeth; toothlessness
gradually; slowly; little by little; incrementally
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to have guts; to be unwavering in one's resolution
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
dear; darling; adorable; precious; cute; lovely
usage; way to use; utilization
one's last moments; hour of death
to handle (a thing) roughly
good for eating; ripe enough for eating; in season
polish; grinding; sharpening
to drain the water; to lose the water; to squeeze out the water
buried gold; buried treasure
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
such; like that; in that way