to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
decapitated head of an enemy
whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
space; interval; space character; whitespace
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to come surging (waves, enemy troops, etc.)
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
albino Japanese rat snake
aquatic products; fisheries
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
turnip-shaped whistle made of hollowed-out wood or deer horn (attached to an arrow to sound when fired); arrow with such a whistle attached
(arch.) mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down