whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
since our last meeting; since we parted
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
anything and everything; just about everything
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
tedious talk; repetition; complaint; tongue-twister
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
true character; real nature
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
because of; owing to; due to
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
many people; a large number of people
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon