to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
to throw away; to abandon
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
blink of an eye; instant; moment
forward inclination (of the body); bending forward; anteversion
passing (e.g. of a typhoon); going past
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to run through; to run past
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
being very surprised; being utterly astonished; being shocked
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
lower region; lower part; region below
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
spurt of blood (from one's victim)
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
observation; survey; watching
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)