Handkerchief Prince (nickname for Saito Yuki)
practicing by oneself; self-instruction
to remove one's shirt thus revealing the skin; to remove the upper part of one's garments; to work with great effort
free-spirited and uninhibited
archives (building); record office; museum
to kidnap; to abduct; to snatch; to carry people away; to take by force
domestic pigeon; feral pigeon
clashing colors; clashing colours
American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
ceremony of fitting child with a hakama
croak; ribbit; sound of frogs
sawing; death by sawing (i.e. as a capital punishment)
bathroom mirror; vanity mirror
suō (ceremonial dress of lower-class samurai)
samurai who carries his general's banner while riding into battle; small war flag attached to the back of one's armour during battle
cross (used in a crucifixion)
prized or treasured object
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); being penniless; being broke
poor piece of work; rubbish; one of my works
laughing off; dismissing with a laugh
slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen)
euphemism; eulogistic name; poetical name; poetic name
the art of war; strategy; tactics
willow-leaf arrowhead; part of a Japanese stirrup; willow leaf
Yamaraja (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead)
monster cat; cat with magical powers