stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
to glare at each other; to confront each other
fighting spirit; battle aura; combative spirit
language of the natives; local language; native tongue; dialect; patois
elegant words; refined diction; poetic expression; classical poetic language (esp. of the Heian period)
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
upper; upward; upper (of a shoe); uppercut; upper (drug); stimulant
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin); to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one
low kick (e.g. in fighting)
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
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)
simple honesty; tactless frankness
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
no, not like that (but like this)
very interesting; of great interest
to put one's hand on; to touch
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
invisibly; secretly; privately
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest