half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
still (continuing); as ever; further
advance; moving forward; progress
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
in succession; one by one
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
shoes strictly prohibited
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
to begin shooting; to shoot out
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to push aside; to brush aside
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
chink in the armor (armour)
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
innumerable; countless; numberless
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
hand used like a sword in striking
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)