narrow-minded; small-minded; close-minded; intolerant
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
slaying 100 enemies with one's sword; bedding 100 people; having sex with countless people
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
at that time; in those days
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
(talent) scout; recruiter; headhunter
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
in name only; titular; nominal
finishing blow; coup de grâce
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
body; body blow (in boxing)
severely beaten up; repeatedly punched and kicked; thoroughly defeated; attacked relentlessly (with words); fiercely criticised; bombarded with verbal abuse
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
air hole; windhole; ventilator
rīchi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
shoulder roast (e.g. of lamb)
boneless rib (esp. of pork or beef); boned rib