guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
parts; accessories; components
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to smear with blood; to kill
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)
thrusting (a spear, etc.)
to hand over; to surrender
to put one's strength into
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
epidermis; cuticle; bark; epidermis; facade
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to surge; to well up; to gush out
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
(stabbing) through; (plunging) into
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by