correspondence; news; letter; tidings
writing brush; writing; handwriting
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
elegance; taste; refinement
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
sparse; distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
talk; recital; narration; topic
to show signs of; to appear
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
ten great disciples (e.g. of Basho, Confucius, etc.)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
arm; skill; efforts; ability
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
to be helpful; to be useful
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to surge; to well up; to gush out
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
highway route (Edo period); main route