heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
thought; consideration; thinking
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
(in) the air; midair; sky
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
beyond imagination; unimaginable
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
perception; sensing; noticing
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first