carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
length of a blade (sword, knife, etc.); walking on the edge of a sword
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
chopping board; cutting board
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
spoiled; half-rotten; decaying
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
a pair (of shoes or socks)
hitting the ball squarely
(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane
chicken tender; chicken tenderloin
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
not worth considering; out of the question
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
completely; entirely; wholly
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
slight; little; insignificant
distance (of a ski jump, baseball hit, etc.); carry (of a golf ball); flight (of an arrow)