to take someone's life; to kill someone
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
one-by-one; separately; in detail
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
in the same way as; just like
another; different; something else
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement