pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
rather; better; instead; if anything
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
to concern; to be related
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to run up to; to rush over
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
sweeping sideways; mowing down
by sheer strength; by brute force
Shinsengumi; Edo-period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
third stage; three stages; third dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
serious; severe; grave; acute
prisoner (of war); POW; captive
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
thawing; defrosting; decompression (of data); extraction; unpacking
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
while; even though; despite
to some extent; to a certain extent
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion