above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
time; hour; period; class
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
tradition; legend; folklore
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
famous sword; excellent sword
clear autumn water; clear fall water
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to attempt; to test; to try out
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to be found; to be discovered
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
holding a ceremony; wedding ceremony
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation