nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
with a snap; with a click (beep); shortly; briefly; small
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
imagination; supposition; guess
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
double-edged; double-edged blade
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit