blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
(present) head of a family
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
cares; ill feeling; reserve
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to hand over; to turn over; to cede
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to squeeze out; to wring out
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
formal marriage interview; marriage meeting
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
assertion; declaration; affirmation
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to repeat; to do something over again
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)