hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
only; merely; but; no more than
short pause; short interval
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
to repeat; to do something over again
to read the situation; to sense the mood
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
training (animals); breaking (animals)
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
true character; true heart; true spirit
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
drawing a sword; drawn sword
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice