cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
blow; shock; strike; batting
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to turn towards; to point
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
two (long cylindrical things)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
offense and defense; offence and defence
to unfold; to unroll; to open
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
(fictional) fusion of human and animal; therianthrope; furry; human beast
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
relatively; comparatively
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
considerably; fairly; quite
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to escape from; to get out
don't you think?; indicates question
state of the war; war situation
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)