battlefield; battleground
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
declaration; proclamation; announcement
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
suddenly; all of a sudden
fear; dread; fright; willies
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
nakiri knife; vegetable knife; cutting vegetables
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
bewitched sword; magical sword; demon sword
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit