to break off; to knock off; to create a false eye by sacrificing a stone (in go)
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
maneuver to shake, flick, or wipe blood off of a sword
maneuver to return a sword to its scabbard
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
region; limits; stage; level
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to strike; to hit; to give hell to
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
Rhododendron kaempferi (species of rhododendron)
many communities (villages); cluster of plants
anything and everything; just about everything
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
one's family; family member
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)