weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
armed might; military power; the sword; force
samurai; warrior; military family
military officer; naval officer
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts
feats of arms; military exploits; distinguished military service
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
military family; warrior class
Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
fully armed; armed to the teeth
armory; armoury; ordnance department
military exploits; military feats; military achievements; distinguished military service
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; mountain-dwelling robber
martial arts demonstration; martial arts training
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
practising martial arts; training in martial arts
arms and ammunition; weapons and ammunition
samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy
martial arts area (within a school, gym, etc.)
militarism; warlike spirit
demilitarization; demilitarisation; demilitarized; demilitarised; unarmed
ancient Japanese martial arts
being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing
military conflict; armed conflict
armed group; armed insurgents
military affairs; military people
unify the nation by force; (lit.) spread military force under the heavens
military preparation; armaments; defenses; defences
to lay down one's arms; to disarm; to demilitarize
band of warriors (often formed from related or dependent families); group of samurai
to be soldierly; to be martial
bravery; valor; valour; military prowess
shogunate marital union with the Imperial Family
strategy; military tactics
continued luck in the fortunes of war
feudal warrior; samurai; old soldier; veteran; old hand
boor; rustic; country bumpkin; lout
nobles and soldiers; imperial court
chivalry; gallantry; heroism
the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip!
service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.)
all the officials, both military and civil
ancient Japanese martial arts
every martial art; all the martial arts
martial spirit; military spirit; the spirit of true warriors
law decreeing rules for daimyo during Tokugawa shogunate
samurai for the shogunate
dojo (hall used for martial arts training)
civil and military officers
feudal period (characterized by the rule of the shogunate, 1185-1867); age of militarist government
arms business; arms dealing; weapons trade; weapons dealing
demilitarized zone; demilitarised zone; DMZ
military affairs; martial arts
imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods)
small arms; light weapons
(late Edo-period) idea of uniting the court and the shogunate
to train oneself in military arts
civilian and military man
Okinawan kobudo; traditional martial arts of the Ryukyu Islands
distinguished (surpassing) valor (valour)
dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus)
amateurish business methods; bad business sense
peerless bravery; matchless valor (in arms)
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
samurai-house style (Kamakura period)
a samurai never goes back on his word
Three Principles on arms exports
the best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai; as the cherry blossom is first among flowers, so is the warrior first among men
samurai words and phrases
military officer attached to embassy
resolution authorizing the use of force
flower of chivalry (Bushido)
swashbuckling stories; martial arts fiction; chivalric knight novels; wuxia xiaoshuo
building on the greater palace grounds used by the emperor for viewing horse racing, horseback archery, etc.; martial arts practice hall at Heian Shrine (est. in 1895 by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, now defunct)
rustic; boorish; uncouth; adamantly sticking to being boorish
scholarship and swordsmanship are one and the same; the literary and the military are the same path
the pen is mightier than the sword
samurai words and phrases
well up in both literary and military (martial) arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen
wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
nuclear weapon free; non-nuclear; denuclearized
Japanese parrotfish (Calotomus japonicus)
Nebuta; nighttime festival in Tōhoku (esp. Aomori)
Cambria (old name for Wales)
Scarus ovifrons (species of parrotfish)
being versed in the literary and military arts