ore; unprocessed metal; ground metal; (one's) true character
to blow through; to blow across
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
theatre; theater; playhouse
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
disaster; calamity; misfortune
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
worst-ever; history's worst
mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
bow (and arrow; esp. of a noble)
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
ridiculous; stupid; foolish; absurd; laughable
stage actor; stage actress
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
decisive battle of brief duration