KATANAGATARI 3

She would not die from illness.

Or by dint of her own genius.

She could die─like a swordsman.

Like the sword she was.

And like a human being.

A member of the Kyotoryu.

And of the House of Yasuri.

Which is why─she wanted him to know.

To thank her dear, sweet little brother─

For killing her, just like she wanted.

“You’d really52 kill me.”

…

Oops.

Did she─mangle that?

1 骨が折れる HONE GA ORERU “bone-breaking” a hassle

2 だだっ広く DADAPPIROKU excessively expansive

3 四方八方 SHIHŌ HAPPŌ “four directions, eight directions” every which way

4 圧倒 圧巻 圧力 ATTŌ AKKAN ATSURYOKU overwhelm highlight pressure 圧する ASSURU press

5 高価な金属 KŌKA NA KINZOKU expensive metals

6 悪刀七実 AKUTŌ SHICHIMI “The Wicked Sword: Spice” pun on 悪党 AKUTŌ villain 一味 ICHIMI gang

7 殺す気で来なさい KOROSU KI DE KINASAI come at me intending to kill, i.e. pull no punches

8 この期に及んで KONOGO NI OYONDE “this late in the game”

9 お礼 OREI gesture of gratitude

10 返事を待たずに HENJI WO MATAZU NI without waiting for a response

11 半ばやけくそ NAKABA YAKEKUSO half out of desperation

12 仕掛け SHIKAKE contraption; contrivance

13 逆手に SAKATE NI “backhand” turn the tables

14 皆目 KAIMOKU “(even) all eyes” ironic considering her power of vision

15 見当 KENTŌ “look & hit (strike true)” i.e. guesswork (as above, involves seeing as metaphor)

16 一斉 ISSEI in unison

17 かき集める KAKI ATSUMERU scrape together; amass

18 作業と計算 SAGYŌ TO KEISAN operation and calculations

19 帳 TOBARI burial shroud

20 常軌を逸して JŌKI WO ISSHITE “beyond the norm”

21 惚れ惚れする手際 HOREBORE SURU TEGIWA “crush-worthy handiness”

22 無差別 MUSABETSU “no difference-separation” 差別 SABETSU (racial, etc.) discrimination 無差別攻撃 MUSABETSU KŌGEKI indiscriminate attack (heedless of civilian casualties)

23 順列組み合せ JUNRETSU KUMIAWASE ordered sequence

24 混成接続ならぬ強制接続 KONSEI SETSUZOKU NARANU KYŌSEI SETSUZOKU “not a mixed connection but a forced connection” bolted together rather than just interlinked

25 （改） (KAI) revised, remodeled

26 残心の構え ZANSHIN NO KAMAE “mind-remaining stance” ready to receive a counterstrike

27 大掛かり ŌGAKARI elaborate device, plan

28 研鑽 KENSAN practice with an aim toward mastery 研 KEN hone 鑽 SAN bore (a hole)

29 微動だにしない BIDŌ DA NI SHINAI not make even the slight movement

30 剥奪 HAKUDATSU “peel away” rob

31 虚無 KYOMU “hollow nothing” void 虚無的 KYOMUTEKI nihilistic vs. 虚刀流 KYOTŌRYŪ

32 調整 CHŌSEI modify, arrange (to suit the circumstance)

33 沈静化 CHINSEIKA pacify, quiet down as in the cognate 鎮静剤 CHINSEIZAI sedative

34 制御 SEIGYO control e.g. 制御棒 SEIGYOBŌ control rod (in reactors)

35 拘束具 KŌSOKUGU restraint

36 呑まれていた NOMARETE ITA “swallowed” figure of speech for feeling cowed

37 あくまでも AKUMADEMO “to the very end” derived from 飽きる AKIRU get bored

38 憶する OKUSURU to flinch, shrink, quail

39 散らして CHIRASHITE scatter petals falling are a traditional image for getting killed in action

40 来ませい KIMASEI come (for me) archaic locution

41 悟った SATOTTA realized not explicitly Buddhist here vs. 悟り SATORI enlightenment

42 千切れ CHIGIRE break into “a thousand” pieces

43 実 MI fruit second character in 七実 NANAMI “Seventh Fruit”

44 つけ TSUKE bill, tab; figuratively, comeuppance

45 狂う KURU’U screw up; go crazy

46 見目麗しい MIME URUWASHII “lovely to the eye”

47 童子 DŌJI very young child; monk too young to shave his head

48 朦朧 MŌRŌ woozy

49 礼儀 REIGI manners; the proper thing to do

50 諦める AKIRAMERU cease (an action); abandon (hope)

51 故事 KOJI legend; tradition

52 よくも YOKUMO “how dare you” vs. the earlier よくぞ “good on you”/“well done”