high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
violent explosion; bursting
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
action; operation; effect; function
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
main battery; main armament
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
sixth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; tapering thinning curve, usually concave left
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
to take a breath; to take a short rest
guard; security (officer); guardsman
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
to apologize; to apologise
bank robbery; bank robber
to be nearing death; to be dying
family; members of a family
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
end of life; death; annihilation
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
good; goodness; right; virtue
good; goodness; right; virtue
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright