action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks); pewter staff
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
ability; performance; efficiency
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
little by little; bit by bit
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
forcibly; by force; against one's will
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings