steel; sword steel; sword
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
Vlad the Impaler; Vlad Țepeș
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
High Plain of Heaven (home of the gods)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
battlefield; battleground
clouds and haze; swarm (of people); throng; (flee) like the wind; (run) out of sight
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
advance; moving forward; progress
to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
versatile entertainer; all-round performer; person skilled in their craft