three-game match; three-bout contest; a rubber (in a card game)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
to say no more; to sink into silence
to let out a cry; to shout
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
for example; for instance; e.g.
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
murder; killing; murderer
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
nothing but; none other than
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
that; the matter in question
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
anything and everything; just about everything
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations