to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
solid (body); solid matter; solid-state
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
top of the head; crown of the head
to shake off; to throw off
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
with that; on that note; altogether; ending at that point; cut off there
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
halo (esp. in Christian art); nimbus
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
essence; kernel; spirit; pith
Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat
ignorance; (lack of) enlightenment or civilization (civilisation); unenlightened; uncivilized; uncivilised
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
as many (people) as possible
first snow (of the season); first snowfall
entertainment; amusement; fun
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
dregs; lees; grounds; sediment
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
death from cold; freezing to death