rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
to entrust; to leave to a person
to be injured; to sustain a wound
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
maneuver to return a sword to its scabbard
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
pace; tempo; slow and fast; in case of emergency
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
fencing; art of wielding swords
decision; judgment; resolution
handle; grip; holder; person who holds
guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)