fa jin; releasing internal power explosively
gender gap; male-female divide
new season (e.g. of TV programming); new term
black rockfish (Sebastes inermis); darkbanded rockfish
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
long sword cloth bag; bag for long swords
difficult to approach; inaccessible
to fiddle with; to play with
translating and explaining
kindling a fire; lighting a fire
quarrying (stone); quarryman; stonecutting; stonemasonry; stonecutter
right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)
disappear without a trace; nowhere to be seen
age 16 (of a girl); pubescence; age 64 (of a man); breaking of the hymen (during sex); defloration
Europeanization; Europeanisation; Westernization; Westernisation
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
harmless; innocuous; safe; benign
cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning; (the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring)
anecdote; tidbit; gossip; little-known story
most of all; extremely; supremely
not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
divine possession; eccentric behavior; fanaticism
death (and entering the hereafter)
grabbing; taking (as much as one can hold) by the hand
change in one's looks; change in one's appearance
to be bewitched by a fox; to be confused
Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax, extinct); wild dog
the good you do for others is good you do yourself; those who are kind benefit themselves; (lit.) compassion is not for other people's benefit; you can't save others (from themselves)
in a way that is uncharacteristic of ...; in a way that is unbecoming to ...; in a way that is unbefitting of ...; despite one's position as ...; despite being ...
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
Achilles heel; one's weak point; shin