period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
killing and wounding; bloodshed
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
great swordsman; master fencer
Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)
both hands; both arms; ten
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
hot spring; mineral spring; salon offering beauty treatments, weight reduction, relaxation, etc.; spaghetti
being excessively cautious; (lit.) knocking on a strong stone bridge before crossing it
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
thorough; exhaustive; complete
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
income; receipts; revenue
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
(death from) starvation; starving to death
working for a company; being employed by a company
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out