to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
wooden board; woodblock; woodblock printing
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
to repeat; to do over again
disinformation; false information
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
posture; position; stance
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to send flying with a kick
coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to collapse; to flop (onto)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
suddenly; all of a sudden
to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate