KATANAGATARI 2

1 血反吐 CHIHEDO “blood vomit”

2 最早 MOHAYA no longer

3 裏目に出た URAME NI DETA turn up the reverse side (of a die)

4 露骨に ROKOTSU NI “bone exposing-ly”

5 体力 TAIRYOKU endurance 体 TAI/KARADA body 力 RYOKU/CHIKARA power

6 虚弱さ KYOJAKU SA frailty 虚 KYO empty (as in 虚刀流 KYOTŌRYŪ) and 弱 JAKU weak

7 下地作り SHITAJI ZUKURI laying foundation

8 下ごしらえ SHITA GOSHIRAE preliminary measures

9 吸収 KYŪSHŪ absorb

10 憶える OBOERU commit to memory

11 人体生理 JINTAI SEIRI “the human body’s life-workings”

12 忍法撒菱指弾 NINPŌ MAKIBISHI SHIDAN Ninpo Caltrop Finger-Shot

13 刺々 TOGE TOGE thorny, prickly

14 鉄砲 TEPPŌ “iron cannon”

15 火薬 KAYAKU “fire drug”

16 一点突破 ITTEN TOPPA breaking through a point (of a defense line)

17 精密射撃 SEIMITSU SHAGEKI precision shooting

18 伏撃の姿勢 FUKUGEKI NO SHISEI “ambush posture”

19 銃身 JŪSHIN “gun body”

20 強靭な精神 KYŌJIN NA SEISHIN resilient/tenacious spirit

21 装填 SŌTEN load (a rifle)

22 臥せっていた FUSETTE ITA lying prone (with illness)

23 枕元 MAKURA MOTO by the pillow

24 紡がれていく TSUMUGARETE IKU get woven

25 幻聴 GENCHŌ auditory hallucination 幻 GEN/MABOROSHI mirage 聴く KIKU to listen

26 棘 TOGE spines

27 もたもた MOTA MOTA onomatopoeia for clumsy, feckless movement

28 狙撃 SOGEKI “aimed strike” sharpshooting (usu. military)

29 木々 KIGI “tree dittoed”

30 覚束無く OBOTSUKANAKU made unsteady

31 撒菱の照準 MAKIBISHI NO SHŌJUN the caltrop’s aim 照準 SHŌJUN sights (of a gun)

32 晴れる[…]無念 HARERU[…]MUNEN vindicate; avenge; settle a score (as in the next sentence)

33 饒舌になる JŌZETSU NI NARU to become “rich-tongued”

34 新発見 SHIN’HAKKEN new discovery

35 気丈 KIJŌ stout-hearted; tough mentally rather than physically

36 裏設定 URA SETTEI “behind (stage) setting” production notes, i.e., equally meta in the original

37 忍びない SHINOBI NAI “can’t bear” puns on 忍び SHINOBI alternate term for ninja

38 うつろ UTSURO empty often written 虚ろ UTSURO (first character in 虚刀流 KYOTŌRYŪ)

39 達人 TATSUJIN expert, master

40 元の木阿弥 MOTO NO MOKUAMI previous state/condition (that is not desirable to return to) 木阿弥 Warring States-era body double who eventually reverted to his unimportant self

41 大上段 DAIJŌDAN holding a sword over your head

42 瞬間移動 SHUNKAN IDŌ “momentary movement” teleportation

43 悔しさ KUYASHISA anguish vs. 後悔 KŌKAI “late anguish” regret

44 悪びれもせず WARUBIRE MO SEZU without enacting any remorse or compunction

45 一億の病魔 ICHIOKU NO BYŌMA a hundred million sicknesses

46 遠慮忌憚なく ENRYO KITAN NAKU without pause or restraint

47 合併症 GAPPEISHŌ “combined/merged medical condition”

48 桁外れ KETA HAZURE wrong number of digits, “missing a zero”

49 ぽいっと POITTO onomatopoeia for throwing casually, carelessly

50 悪足搔き WARU AGAKI struggle in vain

51 げっそり GESSORI onomatopoeia for losing masses of flesh, or emaciation, enervation

52 綱渡り TSUNA WATARI “crossing a rope” i.e., it has the same figurative sense in Japanese

53 実演 JITSU’EN performance (vs. rehearsal)

54 大口を叩く ŌGUCHI WO TATAKU “talk big” boast