excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
by sheer strength; by brute force
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder); slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
literally; to the letter; literal
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
to knead well; to polish; to refine
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
excessive or unjustifiable self-defense (defence)
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
to be a matter of life or death
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
broken; intermittent; disconnected
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination
belligerence; fighting spirit
deed; act; work; performance
frontmost; a short time ago; a little while ago; just now
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm