to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (someone) to redo something
neglecting; ignoring; paying no attention to; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
single edge (e.g. sword blade); single bevel (e.g. kitchen knife)
warp; curvature; bend; curve (of a sword)
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
make; workmanship; preparation
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
ancestor; forefather; foremother
school (of painting, ikebana, etc.)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to spit out; to eject; to dump
witnessing; observing; sighting