decision; judgment; resolution
literally; to the letter; literal
to cut open; to cut apart; to divide; to split
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
what's what; heads or tails
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
when it becomes; when it comes to
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
originally; by nature; from the start
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
few decades; many decades; several decades
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
agricultural land; farmland
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
successfully; with success
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
aggression; invasion; raid