simply; merely; only; solely
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
the whole world; throughout heaven and earth
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)
light; right; right field; right fielder
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
form; shape; figure; visage
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
at once; immediately; right now
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
banknote; bill; note; paper money
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
so; like this; in this way