dull; stupid; thickheaded; slow; sluggish
lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
point of departure; initial point; starting point
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
metal plate; metallic plate
severe wound; serious wound; gash
Western sword (esp. sabre)
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
stone (used for throwing)
foreign element; impurity; admixture
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
to take (be in) charge of
slight wound; minor wound
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
strange thing; odd thing; how absurd!; preposterous!
(arch.) Chinese bamboo; (arch.) bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes); descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
attaining enlightenment; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
crypt; underground chapel
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
long sides of a rectangle
knot; nodule; tubercule; node
visualization (of data, results, etc.); visualisation; making visible (something that was previously unseen); recording (a police interrogation)
visualization; visualisation
children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle
transmission; propagation; spread
reaching; attaining; arrival
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted