to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to form a circle; to move in a circle; (lit.) to draw a circle
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
dirt mound; dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
of course; certainly; naturally
great deed; great enterprise; great work; massive undertaking
bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
front; frontage; facade; main
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
space; interval; space character; whitespace
other than; excluding; without
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account
India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)
to drop; to light; to kindle; to make tea
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
corridor; hallway; passageway
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
stealthy steps; soft steps
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
novel; new; unfamiliar; hear for the first time