to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
supply; provision; service; supply
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
one gō (approx. 180 ml); one gō (approx. 0.33 square meters); one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
swordsmanship; line drawn by the tip of a sword when slashing
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
practice; practising; training; study
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
mortal enemy; object of fierce hatred or intense aversion; (lit.) one's parent's killer
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)