inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
personal combat; one-to-one fight
wearing a sword; sword one is wearing
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
single eye; one eye; single lens; simple eye; ocellus
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
cracks or fissures in the ground
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
crushing; breaking by applying pressure
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
moving about; stirring about
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
finishing blow; coup de grâce