art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to gain fame; to make one's name
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
one vehicle; one ryō (an old coin)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
show; exhibition; spectacle
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 buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
as a child; when one was a child
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
woman; lady; adult female
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
while; during; while; although; all; both
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
such; like that; that sort of; very
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...