fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
crisp; staccato; piquant; clear
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
to entrust; to leave to a person
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
three sides; three faces; page three (of a newspaper)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
metal plate; metallic plate
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
a little; a bit; slightly
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
murder; homicide; manslaughter
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
to crawl out of; to creep out of
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
metallic lustre; metallic luster
with all one's strength; with all one's might
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast