to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
historical play; period drama
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
thin dōjinshi, usually featuring adult content
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
technique; art; skill; move
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
hand used like a sword in striking
classical form of martial art
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
throw or throwing technique (sumo, judo)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
prohibition; inhibition; ban
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
flustered; confused; panicked
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
this (very thing); this precisely
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move