vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
to die; to lay down life's burden
to fight against; to oppose; to face
seven (long cylindrical things)
feng (male Chinese firebird)
elegance; grace; festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to hold a sword above one's head; to be haughty; to be arrogant
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to be perturbed; to be agitated
tradition; legend; folklore
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
how long; how much; to what extent
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
murder; killing; murderer
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
ten; 10; ten years of age
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
legendary; fabled; fabulous
exaltation; emotional uplift
one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
that; the matter in question
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore