(n) a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period)
(adj-na,n,adj-no) going right to the point
point-blank
without beating about the bush
frankness
(n) one long sword
(n) one who sharpens razors
(n) electric razor
(n) samurai's face
(exp) to wear a sword
(exp) to temper (forge) a sword
(n) striking with the back of the sword
(n) minor official
(n) the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
(n) the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
(n) two-sword fencer
expert in two fields
person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well
bisexual (person)
(n) two-sword fencer
expert in two fields
person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well
bisexual (person)
(n) two-sword fencer
expert in two fields
person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well
bisexual (person)
(n) two-sword fencer
expert in two fields
person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well
bisexual (person)
(n) unprepared action
something done on the spur of the moment
(exp) to make ceremonial hand movement when receiving the monetary award (sumo)
(exp) to wear a sword
(n) Occam's razor
Ockham's razor
(n) (obsc) Hanlon's razor ("Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity")
(exp) to cut the Gordian knot
(exp) to kill (a person) with a knife
(exp) having exhausted every available means (lit: having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows)
(exp) (id) It's all over now
(exp) to play one's trump card
(n) Swords and Firearms Control Law (1958)
