desperately; for one's dear life
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
to be filled to bursting; to burst
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
dying from blood loss; bleeding to death; hemorrhaging to death
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
suction cup; suction pad; sucker
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
nausea; sickness in the stomach
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
(brute) force; using all one's might
same family (race, tribe)
ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
long ago; a long time ago; already
spirit world; underworld; the next world
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to lie down; to throw oneself down
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople