to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
genuine; authentic; true; real
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
180.39 millilitres; 180.39 milliliters; 0.3306 square metres; 0.3306 square meters; one-tenth of the way (from the foot of a mountain to the top)
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
to pulverize; to break into pieces; to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush
joints; points (of a speech)
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport); characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre)
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing
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
chimera (mythological); chimaera; chimera (biological); chimaera
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
to mix; to stir; to blend
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
holding one's sword pointing towards the opponent's eyes (kendo stance)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
all times and places; all ages and countries
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
one's every action; every single move