hammered mark; hammered pattern
staff to which shide are attached to make a go-hei
veranda with bamboo flooring
making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling
Vajrapani; wielder of the vajra
inkpot; ink bottle; inking; going over in ink
Virupaksa (Buddhist deity)
tieless; not wearing a tie; open-necked
knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!
law reform proposal; law reform bill
man-eating shark (esp. great white shark)
invoking disaster upon one's mortal enemy; Confusion to the enemy!
Watanabe No Tsuna (953-1025)
leaving a cram school; dropping out of a cram school
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
unfinished; unripe; unfermented narezushi; unfermented brine-pickled sushi; noh mask with slightly protruding horns and frizzy hair (representing a woman on her way to becoming a hannya)
facing one's opponent head-on and winning via overwhelmingly superior strength or skill; match in which a yokozuna overpowers his opponent
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
black maple (Acer nigrum)
thick; dull (blunt); viscous
it is not everything to ...
to be saucy (of children); to be impudent; to be cheeky; to be sassy; to be precocious
personal god (i.e. a god who has human form, emotions, etc.)
legitimate line; direct descent
O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!
type of hakama worn in ancient times
to leave one's post; to walk out on one's job
the more one looks (at it) the more...
to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter
eighth (place, position, etc.); having eight eyes; having many eyes; (of a fabric) having a loose knit; lamprey; eight-holed arrow whistle
Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
wing length (esp. of a bird); wingspan (esp. of an aircraft)