bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to step firmly; to harden by treading
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
only; merely; but; no more than
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
and yet; though; when; in spite of
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)