enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
murder; killing; murderer
older sister; elder sister
two times; twice; two degrees
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
while; even though; despite
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
after a long time; for the first time in a while
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
that's the way it is; such is life
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete