even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
acceleration; speeding up
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
to launch a surprise attack
wound (suffered in a fight)
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
outward appearance; apparent
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to gather; to collect; to assemble
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
world; society; people; the public
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
general public; the masses
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
big man; large man; tall man; giant
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to sob; to never stop crying; to cry on and on
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
way; method; means; resource; course
dullard; indecisive person
in that manner; like that
Merrill; Meril; Merill; Merril; Meryl