withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
execution; punishment; spanking
thread; 0.0001; one ten-thousandth
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
heaps of corpses all around
formal marriage interview
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
shoji (paper sliding door)
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something
shin guards; shin pads; greaves; leggings
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); guandao; Chinese glaive
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
muscle fiber; muscle fibre
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
completely submerged (e.g. in water); completely soaked (e.g. with rain)
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
to practice magic; to practise magic
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
nightmare; incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish