beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice
river; stream; River; the ... river
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
to be opposite; to face each other
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
paper-covered folded fan used in noh and storytelling
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
squared timber; rectangular lumber
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
is something that; is that which
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
match; game; bout; contest
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor