swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
three; three years of age
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
severe wound; serious wound; gash
each; (arch.) you (plural)
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
bearer; carrier; person bearing responsibility; person in charge; supporter
losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to stick it out (until the end)
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
universal medicine; cure-all; panacea
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
work; business; company; study
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
serious wound; serious injury
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
predicament; one's ground; one's position
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
array; muster; line-up; full force
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
decision; settlement; definition
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship