rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
slashing (with the blade pressed against the object); mowing down (the enemy); cutting down (one after the other); clean sweep; sweeping conquest
atonement (for one's sins); expiation; making amends; making up for (a misdeed)
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance
to keep standing; to stand motionless
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
about; on; regarding; per; for every
coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to throw oneself (into an activity)
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to be entwined; to be involved
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
boiling with salt; boiling in salty water (e.g. vegetables)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
foreign (product, esp. agricultural); of foreign manufacture
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
no!; no no!; no, not at all
next time it will be me who needs your help; when times are tough, we should help each other; we are all in this together
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage