garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
basis for decision; evidence for judging
to use and then throw away
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
wooden joints; paired karate kata; beltwork
offensive (movement); aggression
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
useless resistance; vain struggle
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
condition; situation; prospects
war situation; progress of a battle
factorization; factorisation
to have luck on one's side; to get lucky; to have one's eyes bulge out of one's head (with surprise)
whichever one chooses; either way
undefeated; unbeatable; invincible
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
(stabbing) through; (plunging) into
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
to pull down; to automatically debit (from a bank account)
to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; (lit.) to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
completely; entirely; totally
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
abnormal behavior (behaviour)
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip