leggings (stretchy skin-tight trousers); spats (footwear accessory); gaiters
attire; dress; clothes; clothing; costume; garb
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
tingling; stinging; pungently
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
killing an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; blood offering; killing violently; bloodbath; menstruation
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
quarreling; wrangling; argument; fuss
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
earnest apology; humble apology; apologizing profusely
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
prompt; immediate; in real time
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
how; in what way; I wonder
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to make sense; to be meaningful
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into