to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
image; figure; figure; form; image
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
feces and urine; excreta; human waste
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to wring the neck; to strangle
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
hot spring; mineral spring; salon offering beauty treatments, weight reduction, relaxation, etc.; spaghetti
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
the same kind; accomplice; partner
force (bulldoze) one's way through
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
great hurry; great haste; rush
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
covering; protection; backing; relief
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of