valuable article; valuables
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to fight with swords; to cross swords
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to beat to death; to club to death; to kill
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
strength; toughness; bravery; boldness
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
to peel (roughly); to tear off; to rip off
order; sequence; procedure
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
citizens of one's own country; fellow countrymen; compatriots
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
having gone too far to turn back
traitor (to one's country); quisling
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
almost completely empty; virtually empty; inadequately defended; undefended; unguarded
gelatinous glue (produced from fish entrails); isinglass; amiability; friendliness; graciousness
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
to cut; to slit; to cut open
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
patriarch; head of a family
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
plunder; spoils; booty; loot
grandfather; male senior-citizen
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
fresco; mural; wall painting
reward; recompense; tip; conveyance charge; packhorse charge
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange