sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
circular window; round window
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
puzzle ring; wire puzzle; exercise where students link crossed hands in a circle and try working together and without letting go
unkindness; unfriendliness
to attack; to assault; to assail
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
coloured paper; colored paper
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
death (and entering the hereafter)
journey; route of a journey
such; this sort of; like this
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
though; notwithstanding; although
being startled; getting a shock
please; somehow or other; one way or another
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
completely; thoroughly; exactly; precisely; comfortably; not at all
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
distribution center; distribution centre
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
present post; current office; (an) incumbent