approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
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)
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)