tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
temple bell; hanging bell; funeral bell
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated
clean sweep; killing several with one sword sweep
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
sword skills; swordsmanship
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
several people; a few people
to backfire; to have a harmful result
recklessness; daredevilry; rashness; (arch.) long-lasting
to be smeared; to be covered
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
to lose contact with (someone); to stop communication with; to go missing; to disappear
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
source of information; intelligence source; message source
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over