to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to search for; to seek for; to look for
transactions; dealings; business
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
master; teacher; stable master
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
(sleeveless) undergarment; padded undershirt
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
roar; peal; rumble; beating; pounding; throbbing
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model