stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
light; easy; non-serious; minor
cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)
it's no joke; gimme a break!
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to approach; to draw near
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
something like ...; something called ...
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
calm; composed; cool; quiet
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
to lose one's footing; to slip
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
in succession; one by one