to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
draw (in competition); tie game
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
posterity; future life; life to come
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
another style; another school (of thought, karate, etc.)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to attack; to assault; to assail
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
in one's hands; in one's control
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
hard to get; hard to come by
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
woman; lady; adult female
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
to need; to call for; to require