strength; power; proficiency; ability
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to jar; to creak; to grate
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
drop dead; go to hell; fuck you; fuck off and die; kill yourself
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
cesspool; sink; manure sink
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
advance; moving forward; progress
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
honorific affix; honorific prefix
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
cooperation; coordination; link
three sides; small offering stand
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to make sure; to make doubly sure
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
throw; throwing; throwing event
according to plan; as planned; on target
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
interior; inside; internal
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
interference; intervention; meddling
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
testimony; (verbal) evidence
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption