outer gardens of Meiji Shrine
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
adventure story; novel of adventure
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
until now; so far; up to the present
those (near the second person)
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
secret; private; surreptitious
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
journal; magazine; periodical
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
private (soldier); (common) soldier; ranks; rank and file
wrestler of the fourth highest rank
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
sumo wrestler; rikishi; strong man; Deva king
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
conscious; deliberate; intentional
to come alive; to get going; to start to move