demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
armor and helmet (armour)
storehouse; warehouse; godown
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
something like ...; something called ...
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
inspection; examination; check
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; skipping a generation; reversion to ancestral type
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
death penalty; capital punishment
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
specimen; sample; object to be examined
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
unique; peculiar; singular
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light
(iron) dumbbells; (pair) of dumbbells
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
locker room; changing room; dressing room
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
to run down (stairs, etc.)
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time