to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
several shots; several blows
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
failure; mistake; blunder
strategy guide (book, e.g. for a video game); playing guide; book of hints
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
frame; flame (abusive or threatening message)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
den of vice; rogue's den; brothel; red-light district; cluttered room
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
screenshot; screen capture; screengrab
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
pillar of fire; blazing column
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
power; might; authority; influence
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)