blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
beginning; outset; first; onset
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to rise; to erect; to get up
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
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
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
successively; one after another
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
clothes; clothing; garments
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
condition; situation; prospects
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to run about trying to escape
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
extermination; annihilation
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
injured person; wounded person; casualty
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree