to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder
taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
decision; settlement; definition
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
metallic sound; metallic clank
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to be greenish; to be tinged green
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
technique; art; skill; move
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
one way or the other; either way
one's house; one's home; one's family
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
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
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
bungler; greenhorn; clumsy; poor hand
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.