to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
short pause; short interval
to knock down; to knock off
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
hand used like a sword in striking
to let someone have the credit for (a success); (lit.) to let someone else carry the flowers
to distract one's attention
to overflow from something full
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to say (something) over one's shoulder
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)
flat board; slab; slat; monotonous; dull; flat
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
as you see; as you can see
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)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
ready with a rifle leveled
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
slow motion (video); moving slowly; moving leisurely
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm