electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
lightly; easily; carelessly
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
detour; circumvention; turning movement
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to clap one's hands in prayer
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
consists of; comprises; is made up of
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
to be smeared; to be covered
discrimination; discernment; identification
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; loss of face
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible