killing a passerby in order to test a new sword
good humour (humor); good mood
second day of the month; two days
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to make an appeal; to urge
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to be exhausted; to be tired out
main question; real issue at hand
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
immediately carrying out (a plan)
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
mistake; blunder; bungle; mistakenly announcing a win without having all the requisite tiles
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
to jump up and down; to hop
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
cause (grounds) for concern (anxiety); reason for uneasiness
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
preface; introduction; preamble
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity