sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
one's common name; one's popular name; alias; house name
killing a passerby in order to test a new sword
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
herculean strength; mountain carrier-guide
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
small fraction; small proportion
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
insight; power of observation
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
verbal message; word (from someone)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
best friend; very close friend
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together