blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
these guys; these fellows
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
difference; variation; difference
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
full tank (esp. of gasoline); full capacity (of a battery, receptacle, etc.)
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to triumph; to be elated with success
throw; throwing; throwing event
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to run through; to run past
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
body; physical system; (the) person
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)