to get one's head around; to think about
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
minute adjustment; fine tuning
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to continue to do; to persist in doing
running as fast as one can
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
ultimate; final; last; eventual
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
expert; skilled hand; person of experience
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
consequently; as a result
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
busy; hurried; confused; flurried