to win one's first battle (game, match)
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
emperor's wife and concubines; emperor's female attendant
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
consequence; result; conclusion; apodosis
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
main theater of war; principal battlefield; main market; principal area of competition
to flap strongly; to stir up fiercely
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
chain with a weight at the end (usu. a weapon)
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
parting gift; remembrance; aftereffect
temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)
hard blow; crushing blow; severe attack
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
vicious circle; vicious cycle
footwork (in martial arts, sports, etc.)
a second time; again; once more; twice
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
how to use; method for using; way of using
wide turn; detour; the long way around
loins; hips; pelvic region; waist
vise; vice; capstan; windlass; cargo net
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient