standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to collapse into; to flop onto
iron rust; iron hydroxide
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
becoming red hot; red heat; scorching heat; running high (of emotions); burning (with passion, enthusiasm, etc.)
to grimace; to make a wry face
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
big man; large man; tall man; giant