command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
chapter one; first chapter
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
metallic sound; metallic clank
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
conviction; belief; confidence
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
practice; practising; training; study
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together