modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
my husband; one's family; family member
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice