A samurai, even when he has not eaten, uses a toothpick like a lord.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

When the Edo Period ends, Battosai decides never to kill anyone again.

He and Zhou Yu are left without many soldiers, weapons or food.

It is true that there is nothing much to criticize in him, but there is very little to recommend him either.

Even if you eke out a living for a while by selling your household goods, you can't go on that way for ever.

He is ordered to participate in an operation against the Mimics even though he does not have any fighting experience.

There is no dohyo and wrestlers do not lose even if their hand touches the ground.

The cooperative did not want to use squid that were caught somewhere else.

Commoner as he was, he knew the art of defence, and did not turn a hair at such threats.

I may seem to be bragging, but there's not another craftsman in the city of Tokyo that I'd concede first place to where skill is concerned.

He is certain that even if the gang gets the money, they cannot escape from the tunnels.

He does not, in short, write with the candor of a man who is completely confident of his thesis.

He does not, in short, write with the candor of man who is completely confident of his thesis.

a picky manner of using chopsticks

of a geisha in the entertainment quarters, the condition of restricting her entertainment services to not include sexual intercourse with a customer

Much to his chagrin, he had to obey orders from a man whom he had treated with contempt as a dull‐witted fellow when he was young.

In present day Japan, "alchemy" is only used metaphorically; to refer to improper means of making money by politicians or religious hucksters with no morals or shame.

If you're trying to catch me off [my] guard, that trick won't work with me.

But soon he would not be able to walk, write, or even eat by himself.

A dull blade becomes a Masamune in his hands.

He hasn't got an ounce of shame in him.

He is utterly lost to all [any] sense of shame.

For cutting-power, there is nothing like the Japanese sword

Nothing can compare with the Japanese sword in cutting-power.

“It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.”【イディオム・格言的】

Nakamura was a dull public official by day but became a merciless secret executioner at night.

A dull blade becomes a Masamune in his hands.

Bluster as you may, it is but impotent rage.

He never stays long in one job, as can be seen from his past record.

He will go any length―He will go all lengths―There are no lengths to which he will not go―to buy a rare curio.

You can be as enthusiastic about mah‐jongg as you like. Just don't let it interfere with [get in the way of] your work.