numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
genuine article; real thing; real deal
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
one revolution; one rotation
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
weather vane; fence-sitter; opportunist
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
underground spring; Hades; hell; underworld
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)
innumerable; countless; numberless
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
behind; in the rear; in back
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to lend an ear to; to listen to
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
it seems so; that's what it looks like
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out