KATANAGATARI 3

He felt the lifeforce.

That strange sensation Shichika experienced in the presence of a Mutant Blade─from this distance, he could feel it.

Coming from the four swords held by Skytron? Nay.

Coming from Skytron.

“…nkk.”

As Togame had predicted,37 this contraption was─

“BITO SUNDIAL”38

The words had come from39 Skytron.

1 時系列 JIKEIRETSU chronological order

2 尊き犠牲 TŌTOKI GISEI noble sacrifice

3 上座 KAMIZA “high seat” taken by whoever is deemed worthier, often the guest

4 外国人 GAIKOKUJIN foreigner

5 流暢 RYŪCHŌ fluently

6 途切れ途切れ TOGIRE TOGIRE tapering off

7 気付いちゃったの KIZUICHATTA NO “so you’ve realized (at last)”

8 怖い KOWAI “Scary”

9 やわ YAWA fragile

10 暴く ABAKU expose; plunder

11 うどん粉 UDONKO udon flour the original verb is 練る NERU knead; work over

12 鉄扇 TESSEN robust folding fan carried by samurai for self-defense

13 側近 SOKKIN close aide

14 根暗 NEKURA “dark at the root” slang from the 80’s originally also had nuance of “being outwardly sociable, but dark at heart”

15 聞きたくない KIKITAKU NAI “I don’t want to hear it”

16 怪しい人間 AYASHII NINGEN suspicious human being

17 がせ GASE fake (news)

18 信憑性のある情報 SHINPYŌSEI NO ARU JŌHŌ credible information

19 からみ しがらみ KARAMI SHIGARAMI entanglements tethers

20 外連味 現実味 KERENMI GENJITSUMI “outré flavor” “reality flavor”

21 工房 KŌBŌ “crafting chamber”

22 わざとらしく WAZATO RASHIKU “like on purpose” deliberately, affectedly

23 流して NAGASHITE provided (hints) liquid overtones, as when water is sent through pipes

24 日和号 BIYORIGŌ “favorable weather” plus a suffix for boats and other machines

25 変な結論 HEN NA KETSURON bizarre conclusion

26 わかりやすい WAKARI YASUI (too) easy to understand

27 処分 SHOBUN throw away; deal with can also mean “punish”

28 埋めた UMETA buried

29 埋め尽くした UMETSUKUSHITA buried consummately

30 理不尽 RIFUJIN unreasonable, unjust 理 RI reason 不 FU non 尽 JIN “to the last”

31 同病相哀れむ DŌBYŌ AI’AWAREMU mutual pity for (suffering) the same illness

32 からくり人形 KARAKURI NINGYŌ “gimmick person form” animatronics; automaton

33 茶運びの人形 CHAHAKOBI NO NINGYŌ 茶 CHA tea 運ぶ HAKOBU transport Edo-period windup doll that rolls ahead carrying a cup of tea and stops when the teacup is removed

34 高性能版 KŌSEINŌ BAN high-performance version

35 感覚器 KANKAKUKI sensory apparatus

36 だらけ DARAKE rife

37 読んだ通り YONDA TŌRI as (she) read 読む YOMU read (a book etc.); fathom

38 微刀・釵 BITŌ KANZASHI “The Subtle Sword: Hairpin”

39 発音 HATSUON to pronounce