to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
one; same (mind, path, etc.)
to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to round down (e.g. fraction)
top of the head; crown of the head
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
predation; eating prey; preying upon
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
to thrust at (with a knife, sword, etc.)
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
fierce attack; furious attack
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
sweeping sideways; mowing down
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to offer (put up) resistance
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to go past; to pass; to pass by
willpower; energy; vitality
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
calamity; disaster; accident
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use