(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
simply put; putting it simply; in short
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)
sword battle (staged for television, etc.); sword fight
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
scene; sight; scenario; setting
front; frontage; facade; main
oiran; high-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
I see; that's right; indeed
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
son of a bitch; piece of shit
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken
peerless; unequaled; unequalled