to accompany; to follow; to assemble (necessary items); to prepare
lariat; slip noose; lasso; lariat; clothesline
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
video game hardware; video game console
to send flying with a kick
to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard
coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person
otherwise; or else; if not
brazen-faced (about one's misdeed); audacious (despite being in the wrong); shameless; impudent
to put on airs; to swagger; to act self-importantly
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
shichi-go-san; 7-5-3 day; festival day for children aged 7, 5 and 3 held on or around November 15; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
hotcake; (American) pancake
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
child born with teeth; child which does not resemble its parents; changeling; wild child; badly-behaved child
to beat; to batter; to pummel
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter
amorous glance; leer; shade (of color); tint; ingratiation; sycophancy
to face on; to look out on to
with a crack; with a cracking sound; with one's veins about to burst (from pent-up anger)
quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; mountain-dwelling robber
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk
life; living; I; me; student
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
as one had hoped; as one wishes
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river