lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
epitaph; inscription on a tombstone
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
remains; corpse; (dead) body
to push along; to move (something) by pushing
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
condition of fire; heat level; fire strength
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
filling; packing material; stuffing; padding
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to order; to command; to appoint
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
to stop (plug) one's ears
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
with a splash; with a splosh
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
by sheer strength; by brute force
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
duty; function; office; mission; task
simmering; (boiling) gently
to boil; to come to a boil; to seethe (with rage, etc.); to be furious
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away