to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
water caltrop; water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
the heavenly eye; rolling back one's eyes during convulsions
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
conduct; behavior; behaviour
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to turn towards; to point
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to shine in (light); to illuminate
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
sitting with one knee drawn up
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
sneer; derision; scornful laugh
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
to forget; to fail to recognize; to fail to recognise
even though it is not; despite not
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva