stairs; stairway; staircase
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
(artillery) barrage; bullet hell; curtain fire; barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)
explosive; blasting powder
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
thrusting (a spear, etc.)
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to have no chance (of succeeding)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
sweeping sideways; mowing down
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock