blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
(sound effect for) collapsing; losing strength; slumping; losing balance
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
to breathe out; to exhale
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to jump up and down; to hop
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
action of making something; -ification
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
just above; right overhead
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive