understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
to cry and shout; to scream
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
meditation; contemplation
length of a blade (sword, knife, etc.); walking on the edge of a sword
3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
Swords and Firearms Control Law (1958)
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
I have nothing to do with it
to shoot a person to death
deviation; departure; omission
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
exchange of blows; long rally
great storm; very severe weather; upset; surprise result; agitation; upheaval
furnishings; implements; equipment
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
restlessly; in continuous motion
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
trial of strength; test of one's strength (stamina)
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin