to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
battle formation; disposition of troops
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
repetition; repeat; replication; recursion; iteration
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
very great; enormous; serious
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
drawing a sword; drawn sword
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
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
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
freshwater goby (any fish of genus Rhinogobius); dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); Gymnogobius urotaenia (species of goby); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
upper arm; (arch.) lower arm
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
to hit hard; to strike hard
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to slide into; to slip into