junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
to bail out (water); to scoop out
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
split; division; break up
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
swing (of a golf club, tennis racket, etc.); swing (boxing); swing
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
thickness; profundity; depth
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
retention; maintenance; preservation
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to be injured; to sustain a wound
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
mature woman; middle-aged woman
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early