good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
drawing a sword; drawn sword
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to knock down; to knock off
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
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 pick up; to find; to gather
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to twist hard (e.g. arm, screw)
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
please (give me); please (do for me)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to apologize; to apologise
you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
I see; that's right; indeed
in that way; thus; so; so?
this occasion; at this time; now
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
overlooking; letting a good ball go by
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
ruler's orders; master's orders
comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice
to look down over; to look down on