laws of nature; physical laws; physics
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
martial arts area (within a school, gym, etc.)
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick
sobriety; soberness; sober face
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
family physician; family doctor
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
uncommon; extraordinary (in relation to human characteristics)
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
educated; learned; schooled
(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
vignetting (darkening of the perimeter of a photographic image)
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
pupil; student; schoolchild
beginning (developing into) a quarrel (a fight, an altercation)
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
suspension (from work or school)
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
to press a question; to cross-examine