repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
pursuer; pursuing party; posse; (arch.) tailwind; (arch.) favorable wind; (arch.) fair wind
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
white background; blank; (arch.) female virgin
training clothes (judo, kendo, etc.); practice suit
need; want; necessity; expenses; cost
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
to approach; to draw near
interested person; volunteer; supporter
audience with someone of high rank
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to remove; to exclude; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to smile (at); to grin (at)
tea-ceremony procedures; skill at serving tea; skill; dexterity; (arch.) you
tail end; rear; tail; bottom
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
with a clink (of metal); with a chink
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
pretext; pretense; pretence
pale; pallid; bluish-white
holding one's sword pointing towards the opponent's eyes (kendo stance)
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage