exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
the front; honest; upright; decent
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
Neptune (god); Neptune (planet)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to die by drowning; to drown
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
long ago; a long time ago; already
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
and yet; though; when; in spite of
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
Ittō-ryū; school of swordsmanship founded during the early Edo period, from which many later schools branched
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
by means of; due to; because of; according to
again; once more; a second time