to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
dependability; credibility; coefficient of confidence
to speak; to hear a voice
selection; choice; option
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
narrow; thin (sized); slender
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
clean sweep; killing several with one sword sweep
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
though; notwithstanding; although
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
beyond human understanding
vitality; (one's) life force
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die