to cut down; to chop down; to fell
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
serious; severe; grave; acute
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
injured person; wounded person; casualty
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
target group; target persons
near; close; beside; third person
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
to discuss; to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
mobilization; mobilisation
attendant; attendance upon another
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect