secretary; councillor; councilor
wielding three swords; player who can play as pitcher, fielder and batter
nock of an arrow; forked tool used for hanging scrolls
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
pound (unit of weight); pound (currency); pound sterling
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. cold)
glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception
musical dance; music and dancing
clear autumn water; clear fall water
haramaki; bellyband; stomach band; torso armour that opens at the back; haramaki
to get into trouble; to get busted
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on
wheat straw; barley straw
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
aggressiveness; competitive spirit; fighting spirit
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
negative; negative (e.g. thinking)
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
famous sword; excellent sword
which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
air hole; windhole; ventilator
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar