drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora; abundance (esp. of something undesirable)
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
shore; bank (of a body of water)
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
makimono; handscroll; roll of cloth (for making a kimono); scarf; stole; makizushi
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
valuable article; valuables
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to intend; to be sure that
with these words; while saying
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to do; to commit; to carry out; to bring about
ancestor spirit; ancestral soul; spirits of one's ancestors; collective ancestral spirit; (in Japanese folk belief) spirits of one's ancestors that have lost their individual identity and merged together
to all come in (e.g. teeth); to all come out (e.g. seedlings, flowers)
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
(your) choice; preference; wish
length of a blade; walking barefoot on the edge of a sword blade (acrobatic stunt)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
protective wall; defensive wall; barrier; bulwark
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
definite; final; decisive; conclusive