walkout; strike; desertion
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
lock-opening; lock-picking
violent (fight); slashing and striking; hand-to-hand
a glance; a look; a glimpse
to play dumb; to feign innocence
long ago; a long time ago; already
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
running away; escaping on foot
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
length (of an animal); body length
(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; seasonable rain
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
to push aside; to brush aside
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
to cut downward; to slash downward
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
counterattack; slashing back; railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
sheathing a sword; returning a sword to its scabbard
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
cutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; cleaning; removing; trap
technique; art; skill; move
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation