ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
stridor; wheezing; noisy breathing
the whole body; all one's (strength, anger, spirit, etc.)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
furiously; passionately; indignantly
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
fabric; cloth; textiles; measure of kimono material
cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
dying from blood loss; bleeding to death; hemorrhaging to death
letting (someone) die without helping
counter for choices, options, etc.
with that; on that note; altogether; ending at that point; cut off there
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
sense of duty (obligation)
private person; individual
foreign enemy; outside invader
steady; firm; solid; secure
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
support; mutual aid; cooperation; approval; authorization; authorisation
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
kun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: earth, southwest)
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well