skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
freshly pounded (rice cake)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
body; physique; build; stature
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
chief vassal; senior statesman
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
street at night; making a night journey
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
grapple; scuffle; fight; defeating one's enemy on the battlefield