appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
to steal or sneak or slip into
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
moat; fosse; trench; underground air-raid shelter; dugout
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
government forces; loyalist army
each; respectively; individually; separately
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
counter for chairs or seats
hairline at nape of neck; nape of neck
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
unable to finish (on time, etc.); unbearable; intolerable; beyond endurance
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
beam running between columns in traditional Japanese architecture, esp. within Japanese-style rooms
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
sea of fire; sea of flame
temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
submersion; inundation; being flooded
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
be careful about fire; watch out for fire