ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
peerless; unique; unparalleled; unchallenged
sword skills; swordsmanship
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
war; battle; match; game; competition
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
battlefield; battleground
female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse
military forces; hosts; troops
stirring; rousing oneself
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to bring; to take; to bring about
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; face-off
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
actual profit; practical use; benefit
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business