encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
front; frontage; facade; main
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
high-pitched tone; soprano
drawing a sword; drawn sword
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)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to follow another's example
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to spit out; to eject; to dump
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to be injured; to sustain a wound
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
several minutes; a few minutes
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)