-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
three kinds; three varieties
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
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
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
instruments of punishment
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
Former Han dynasty (China, 206 BCE-9 CE); Western Han dynasty
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
cutting machine; cutter; (paper) guillotine
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
development; exploitation
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
principle; theory; fundamental truth
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game