to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to smash; to break into pieces
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
drawing; painting; picture
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
upper half of the body; upper body
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
specialization; specialisation
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
is something that; is that which
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
automatic; intransitive verb
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)