breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to be smeared; to be covered
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
deadpan face; expressionless white face; po-faced
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
by myself; in person; by oneself
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)