utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
almost completely empty; virtually empty; inadequately defended; undefended; unguarded
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
as before; as ever; as it was originally
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
four (long cylindrical things)
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
tool; implement; means; furniture
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
only; merely; but; no more than
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
sword; blade; single stroke
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)
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
close to the wall; alongside the wall
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
leg; leg portion; foot (of a page)
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
another (person); the other person; one more (person)