to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
historical play; period drama
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
stranger; tramp; wanderer
even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond; even a chance meeting is due to the karma of a previous life
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to grow horns; to sprout horns; to become angry; to become jealous
outward appearance; looks
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched
uninhabited island; desert island
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
descendant; progeny; offspring
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
distortion; falsification; perversion
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
feeling slightly nauseous; feeling like one is about to retch; yecch; yeck; ech
to vomit; to throw up; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of