tradition; legend; folklore
great swordsman; master fencer
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
narrow; thin (sized); slender
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
physical strength; the strength of one's muscles
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
that day; the very same day
nowadays; in this day and age
showing one's face in public; facing another person
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to smile a smile of satisfaction
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
specialized weapon or skill; specialised weapon or skill
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
craftsman; skilled artisan
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
achievement; deed; exploit; merits