serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
God bless me!; Good heavens!
major change; major transformation
item used during spring (esp. clothing)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
unification of the whole country
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to need; to demand; to take; to require
tears of regret; bitter tears; vexation; chagrin
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
weird; disgusting; sickening
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
raging fire; conflagration
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
family-oriented; familial
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
just one person; only one
strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
an issue being settled; a case being closed
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to take; to catch; to capture
all night long; all through the night
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...