weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
staking out (in advance; e.g. a seat or a spot); saving a place; reserving a location
spot; point; place; position
lower region; lower part; region below
belatedly; though a little too late
to stop raining or snowing
sludge; slime; chemical ooze
incarnation; embodiment; realization; giving concrete form (to)
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
meteor; shooting star; falling star
toughened glass; tempered glass
granulated sugar; brown sugar
to shake off; to throw off
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
in all sincerity; truthfully; honestly
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
very; greatly; extremely; exceedingly; highly; quite
improper; inappropriate; unjust; unfair; unreasonable
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
and then; and so; and; so then
including ...; inclusive of ...; bundling together (items of different size, quality, etc.); lumping together; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
benefiting from the influence of a master or parent
to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
inheritance; something given or received
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
whoosh (of something suddenly spreading, billowing, swelling, or gushing outward); fwoosh; (bursting) into tears; suddenly (crying)
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.