what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
big fire (buildings, etc. on fire)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
clear profit; great profit (without any investment)
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
go that far; to that extent
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
weight stone (placed on pickles)
to remove; to move out of the way
everybody; every last one of them; all
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
great swordsman; master fencer
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
Japan's best; number one in Japan
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble