to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
in the same way as; just like
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
physical law; laws of physics
expulsion; driving out; driving away; extermination
incarnation; embodiment; realization; giving concrete form (to)
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to memorize; to fix in memory; to master
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
principles of a martial art; underlying theory of a martial arts technique
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
to knock down; to knock off
playing by oneself; playing alone; entertaining oneself; game played by oneself (e.g. solitaire)
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
otherwise; or else; if not
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
key to understanding; point (e.g. of an argument)
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)