futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
nameless; anonymous; without name
female vampire; vampiress
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
battlefield; battleground
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
innumerable; countless; numberless
sharpness; sharp weapon; blade; fine soldier
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
focusing (e.g. light); convergence
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
heart; guts; nerve; central part
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker