to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants
Yamaoka Tesshuu (1836.7.23-1888.7.19)
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
shogunate retainer; shogunate vassal
to be broad-minded enough to associate with various types of people; to possess a capacious mind
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
the reverse; other side; lining
crushing; squashing; crumpling; squishing; with a smash; with a crunch
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to grimace; to make a wry face
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
draw (in competition); tie game
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to wring the neck; to strangle
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to become bright; to become clear
(someone else's) daughter
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out