mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
two times; twice; two degrees
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner
practice; practising; training; study
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
life-taking sword; sword used to kill
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
in puffs; in whiffs; in flashes
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
double; twice (as much); twofold
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
to be talented; to be able
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object
another time; some other time
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
directly opposite; right in front
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily