to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
such ... as; or some such
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
that's the way it is; such is life
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
such; like that; that sort of; very
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to take a breath; to take a short rest
while; during; while; although; all; both
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time