resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
people; men and women; each person; everybody
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
(crime of) inflicting bodily injury
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
Jigen-ryū; school of swordsmanship founded in the Satsuma domain in the early Edo period
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
-less; lacking; non-existing
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
chest (of a person's body); chest of drawers
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
while; during; while; although; all; both