dripping wet; soaked; drenched
running as fast as one can
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
class meeting; classroom assembly
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
to settle a matter; to get even with someone
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
to half-rise to one's feet
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
living person; the living
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
watchful waiting; careful supervision
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
one's whole heart; everything one feels
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
to loosen one's sword slightly in the scabbard
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly