workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection
difference; variation; difference
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
carving; engraving; chiselled features
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to get slightly dirty (all over)
brown; light brown; tawny
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
(made of) leather; leather-bound
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
to put on armour (armor); to wear armour; to arm oneself; to wear; to cover
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times