to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
thicket; coppice; brushwood
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
solely; entirely; only; or
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
(for) how many days; what day (of the month)
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to become distant; to recede
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
resignation; acceptance; consolation
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to surge (water or waves)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
middle of the night; dead of night
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
treating someone like a child
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
tolerance; broad-mindedness
for the first time in one's life
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person