tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
style of classical Japanese swordsmanship involving use of two swords
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
one's later years; final years (in life)
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
pride; boast; credit (to)
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to serve; to work for; to attend
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
if it is the case that ...
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
rationality; reasonableness
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
to polish up; to shine up
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
greatest treasure; most valuable asset; pride (of)
system; organization; organisation; architecture
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below