rolled barley; rolled oats
helping a criminal to avoid arrest
fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness
according to (depending on) one's ability; if one is good (competent, talented) enough
Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta; ditty; ballad; kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
undisputed; entirely; perfect
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
right place; right position; right post
to mount (animal behaviour); to assert dominance
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
to come for the first time; to become for the first time
welcoming honored guests (esp. from overseas)
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
the bounds of reason; the limits of (common) sense
to begin grandly; to start with a bang; to make a spectacular beginning; (lit.) to throw open the curtains
pulling something out (in a stroke); plucking out; forcibly removing one after another (e.g. demonstrators); overtaking multiple people (in a spurt); pulling ahead
remora; suckerfish; sharksucker (any fish of family Echeneidae); live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)
sterilization by boiling; sterilisation by boiling
large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)
packed meal; packed food; packed lunch; bag lunch
not watching where one is driving; not keeping one's eyes on the road
to be discordant; to have discord
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
stupid brat; son of a bitch
first day of summer (approx. May 6)
locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition
ignoring; acting as if it is nothing
from outside; from the side