potato; French fries; chips; sweet potato
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
article; news story; report; account
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
to take over; to hand over
to arrive; to come to pass
left-and-right pair; symmetrical pair
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
fish-based cooking; fish dish
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
antique art dealer; antique dealer; antiquary
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
until now; still; yet; (not) yet; since
since some time or another; since who-knows-when