to flare up; to burst into flames
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
determination; resolution
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
class; heading; group; category
to be helpful; to be useful
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
to take on a role; to take part
many; much; plenty; hardly
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
killing and wounding; bloodshed
(how) many times; (how) often
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
verbal promise; one's word
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
to blow out; to spout out
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to say no more; to sink into silence
distrust of (other) human beings
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
to be oversensitive; to be nervous; to be overly concerned; to worry too much
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
true character; real nature
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about