assistance; backing; reinforcements
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
other than; excluding; without
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
overlooking; turning a blind eye
contradiction; inconsistency
personification; impersonation; embodiment
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely