combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
assistance (in a fight); help; aid; helper; supporter
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
death in battle; death on the battlefield
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
to jar; to creak; to grate
function; facility; faculty; feature
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
to rain incessantly; to downpour
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to walk (a bicycle, scooter, etc.); to push; to wheel
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
unidentifiable; unidentified
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
sightseeing; scout; patrol; watchtower; lookout
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
to thrust down; to push off
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack