murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to carry in one's pocket; to own; to take; to carry about
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
light; faint; pale; fleeting
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
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
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this