(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
license; permit; licence; certificate
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
to get a (driver's) license
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
don't you think?; indicates question
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
combination; spouse; husband or wife; married couple; husband and wife
one's husband; one's wife
how long; how far; how much
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
one's native country; land of one's birth
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to say; to be called; to do
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
boiled and half-dried bonito
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way