first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
worst; worst-case (scenario)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
the ocean; the great deep
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
to begin shooting; to shoot out
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
private power generation; masturbation
technique; art; skill; move
theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
(hand) weapon; (arch.) one's forte; (arch.) one's special skill; (arch.) weapon one is skilled in using
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
grand ultimate fist; Tai Chi Chuan
to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
martial arts demonstration; martial arts training
to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked
on the occasion of; at the time of
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
to fly apart; to tower over; to be out of the ordinary
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost