your body; your health; yourself; you
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
Ittō-ryū; school of swordsmanship founded during the early Edo period, from which many later schools branched
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
honey locust (Gleditsia japonica)
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to move out (of); to leave; to vacate
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
feelings; thoughts; meaning
that; the matter in question
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
successfully; with success
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
small gate in a mud or stone wall
also known as; also called
win; victory; beautiful scenery; scenic spot; counter for wins
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
projecting part (of a headland, etc.); moment of departure; (on the) point of going out; outset; start
being inferior to; being no match for; being best
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)
to be intimate with; to befriend
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
thus; in this way; like this