slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
striking with the back of the sword
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
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to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
100,000,000; one hundred million
hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to call in; to invite; to bring in
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