remaining bullets; remaining ammunition
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
sword skills; swordsmanship
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent; losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
to fight with swords; to cross swords
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
short pause; short interval
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
with a momentary flash of light
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
offense and defense; offence and defence
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
belief; faith; conviction
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to be overcome with emotion
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
degree of difficulty; difficulty level