start; commencement; beginning; initiation
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
ignoring; acting as if it is nothing
gale; violent (strong) wind
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
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)
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
grip (of hand); grip strength
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
striking with the back of the sword
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
mockery; derision; ridicule
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
of course; certainly; naturally
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
sword; blade; single stroke
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to drop to one's knees; to sink to one's knees
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt