to poke each other; to jab each other
dice; die; baton (of command)
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
large utensil stand (tea ceremony)
light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use); shroud; burial clothes
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
ancient oriental belt decoration; counter for swords
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
very strong person; brave warrior; veteran
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
fine-looking; beautiful; handsome; graceful; elegant
headlong; head over heels
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
to jostle; to crowd; to haggle
looking aside; (from the) eyes of an onlooker
soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat
eastern army (e.g. in a civil war); Eastern Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
capturing something alive
water's edge; beach; shore
directly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead; helmet front
last moves (in go, shogi, or chess); endgame; gathering; collecting; coming together
one's person; around one's person
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate