to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
ceremonial; ritual; ritualistic; formal
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
to be too numerous; to be too much
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
in the end; at the end of the day
in order; in turn; one by one
to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
to look displeased; (lit.) to flare one's nostrils
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
excitation; stimulation; revitalization; reinvigoration
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
alternately; by turns; one after the other
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
cannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.); cannot hold back (tears, anger, etc.); cannot suppress
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
memory; sense; experience
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
characteristic; feature; special quality
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
fall; drop; descent; coming down
crescent moon; young moon
pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very