serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
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
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
preface; introduction; preamble
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
chief; main; principal; important
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to entrust; to leave to a person
failure; mistake; blunder
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
ago; since; before; previous
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood