discarding; firing (an employee)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
should; must; -able; probably; likely
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
completely beating somebody up; being completely knocked down; thoroughly bashing somebody
decision; settlement; definition
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
extreme sadist; very sadistic
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
one's own child; one's own children
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
sons and daughters; children; girl
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
nothing but; none other than
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse