single seater (e.g. boat, aeroplane, airplane)
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
samurai costume; old ceremonial costume
ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
great famine; severe famine
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
to cut; to slit; to slash
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
sawing; death by sawing (i.e. as a capital punishment)
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
mastery; skillfulness; dexterity; master hand; expert
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
drawing a sword; drawn sword
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
good-looking man; fine figure of a man
fencing; art of wielding swords
pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus); (arch.) lovable, caressable girl
(non-documentary) television series; teledrama; television drama; television play; video drama
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
no problem; no objection; it doesn't matter
soft skin (esp. of a woman)
bleaching; soaking; bleached cotton (esp. wrapped around the torso); doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (Edo-period punishment)
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
unpopular (with); out of favour (with); badly received
to admit fault; to admit one is wrong