to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
technique; art; skill; move
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
sling; sling (e.g. Singapore sling); cargo sling; baby sling
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
quickly; swishing; whooshing
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
to rock; to shake; to swing
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate