cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
comparatively; relatively
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
miniature garden; tray landscape
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
precious orb; Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel; hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial
caltrop (spiked device scattered to maim infantry and horses); calthrop; caltrap
(arch.) kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards); (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
footprint; soleprint; last; wooden mold for shoes or tabi (mould)
footprint of the Buddha carved in stone