black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
light; lamp; obsolete unit of luminous intensity (approx. 1.0067 candela)
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
chronological order; time series
to not take seriously; to take lightly
is something that; is that which
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
simply; merely; only; solely
based on; built on; made from
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from