to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
successively; one after another
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
on the sea; surface of the sea
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
what kind of business; what sort of matter
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to speak ill of; to disparage
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to be torn off; to come off
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
indescribable; having no way to express
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
our country; our land; one's own country
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
overthrow of the shogunate
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword