to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
short and stout; small but wide around
recognition; acquaintance
very great; enormous; serious
to be damaged; to receive damage
one's own flesh and blood; blood relative; kinsman; flesh and bone; (one's) body
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to take upon oneself; to pull (a thing) over one's head
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?
(in) his way; peculiar to him
apathetic; lackadaisical; spiritless; physically weak; feeble; effeminate
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
usually; ordinarily; in the past
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
one's superior's anger; imperial wrath
bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence
oldest member of a group; longest-serving member
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
narrow; thin (sized); slender
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
senility; dotage; decrepitude
whispering into a person's ear
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)