one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
instant; moment; for an instant
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
to breathe out; to exhale
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (food); take-out; takeaway
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
top of the head; crown of the head
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
pomegranate (Punica granatum)
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze