occasional; infrequent; rare
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
manly; masculine; like a man
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to feel; to sense; to experience
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to pant (while rushing); to gasp; to puff and blow
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to be talented; to be able
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
apparent age (of someone); rough age
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
to ask; to enquire; to query
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist
any more; any further; any better; any longer
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
it's no joke; gimme a break!