to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
same village; same town; same province
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
disturbance; riot; mayhem
how long; how much; to what extent
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
to burst open; to pop; to split
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
puddle of blood; pool of blood
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to drop to one's knees; to sink to one's knees
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
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