slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
three qualities of a martial artist or athlete: heart, technique, strength
miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
to exert oneself; to make efforts
to fight with swords; to cross swords
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
straight; as the crow flies
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
counterclockwise rotation; anti-clockwise rotation; CCW
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
to drop; to let fall; to omit
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
to have one's knees be about to give way
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
to overflow from something full
to fall on one's backside
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
to hurt; to smart; to sting
heroic; brave; majestic; soul-stirring; lively; gallant
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
PS; postscript; appending; addition (esp. of data, information)
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
magic sword; cursed sword
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
depravity; corruption; degradation
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than