stormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
person older than oneself (who has more life experience)
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
to talk; to chat; to chatter
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to dart away; to dart off; to gallop away
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
start of a war; beginning of hostilities
being absorbed (in); immersion; sinking (into)
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
sword strike; sword slash
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
to throw oneself (into an activity)
binary number system; base-2
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
dexterity (esp. as an attribute in RPGs)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; sabaki; properly treating one's weak stones under attack
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)