elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
tall tree; forest tree; arbor; arbour
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
parents and siblings; one's relatives
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
fray; fighting; brawling; scuffle
to cut down all; to slash promiscuously
to kill; to choke the life out of
great numbers; numerical superiority
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
something heard while sleeping
to muster one's courage; to resolve oneself; to ready oneself for what is to come
to lower the curtain; to come to an end
to well up; to burst; to arise
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
martial arts school situated in a town
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
load on one's chest; obstacle; hindrance; impediment
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to place firmly; to hit very hard
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly