この刀には不思議ないわれがある。

This sword has a strange history.

来週から中間テストだ。一夜漬けじゃ、太刀打ちできない問題ばかりだぞ。今日から始めろよ。

Midterm exams start next week. Just cramming the night before won't get you ready. There'll be a lot of tough questions. You should start studying today.

もっと単刀直入に言ってくれないかな。隔靴掻痒の感なきにしもあらずだよ。

You don't have to leave me hanging like this. Why don't you just come out and tell it to me straight?

彼は鋼を鍛えて刀を作った。

He forged the steel into a sword.

伝家の宝刀をぬく。

Play one's trump card.

「刀の投擲の練習？」「すっぽ抜けただけです」

"Practising sword throwing?" "It just slipped out of my hands."

この包丁・・・有名な刀匠が作ったものなんです。

This carving knife ... it's one made by a famous swordsmith.

もう少しやさしく意見してあげたらどうなの。一刀両断のもと切り捨てられた彼の立場も考えてよ。

Why don't you try expressing your opinion a little more gently? Think about how he feels getting told flatly that he's being cut loose.

二人の刀がガチッと切りあった。

Their swords clashed.

それは快刀乱麻を断つような解答でした。

That was a 'cutting the Gordian knot' type of solution.

警察はそういう暴力と太刀打ち出来なかった。

The police were unable to cope with such violence.

物は試しにやってはみたけれど、このプログラムつくり、僕が太刀打ちできるような簡単なものじゃなかったね。

I gave it a try figuring that anything is worth a try. But putting together a program like this is something I'm no match for.