prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
even though; despite; when
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to look around; to take a view of
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to miss in attempting to kill
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
watering hole; watering place
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
inspection; examination; survey
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
cracking; splitting; ripping; crashing; creaking; groaning
goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
to peel; to skin; to pare
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to temper a sword; to forge a sword
joint; seam; joining point
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
(stabbing) through; (plunging) into
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in