et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
gentle; mild; meek; tender
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
genuine; authentic; true; real
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
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
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to have meaning; to be meaningful
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
art of war; strategy; tactics
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
belief; faith; conviction
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
speech; expression; wording; language
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
considerably; fairly; quite