alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
without cause; without reason
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
wide-width (e.g. cloth); broad
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
length (of an animal); body length
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
cleaner; janitor; (arch.) night soil gatherer
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
joint; link; knot; tie-together point
comparatively; relatively
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
in succession; one by one
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path