undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
just one person; only one
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
to seek a path; to find one's way
reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
decapitated head of an enemy
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
waterfall; cataract; cascade
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
influence; power; (arch.) flapping of wings
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
lion mask; Japanese deer fern (Blechnum nipponicum)
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid
to provide momentum; to give a boost to; to encourage; to spur; to stimulate
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
eldest child; oldest child; child who carries on the family name; (arch.) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (arch.) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)
halation (i.e. in photography, a halo-effect when additional light leaks out around the subject)
chain mail (armor, armour)
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
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); guandao; Chinese glaive
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)