to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
(social) position; status
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
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)
root; joint; base; crotch
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
same; similar; (just) like; equal
manner of using one's hands
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
behind; in the rear; in back
to leap back; to jump back
several sheets (flat objects)
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to rain incessantly; to downpour
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face