eardrum; tympanic membrane
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
there being no use in arguing (about it)
interest (in something); enthusiasm
danger; peril; hazard; risk
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to take a veneer off something
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
to carry around; to carry on one's person
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise