manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to shed light; to cast light
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
way; method; means; resource; course
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
head; chief; boss; leader
to not know how to act or what to do; to be at a loss
memories; recollections; reminiscence
good citizen; honest man; respectable member of society
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to take a breath; to take a short rest
two (long cylindrical things)
to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)
to leap back; to jump back
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to be hot on a person's heels
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
offense and defense; offence and defence
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition