personal; inter-personal; anti-personnel (e.g. weapon, mine); anti-human; personal liability (e.g. insurance)
-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
guarding; guard; railway bridge (over a road); (railroad) overpass; flyover
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; (opponent's) weak point; (arch.) force attacking the rear of a castle; (arch.) official in charge of imprisoning offenders
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
acceleration; speeding up
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
sword; blade; single stroke
swing (of a golf club, tennis racket, etc.); swing; swing
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
condition; situation; prospects
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
useless resistance; vain struggle
creation; Creation (by God)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
tornado; whirlwind; waterspout; twister
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
to slide down; to slip down
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
forward somersault; forward roll
from the viewpoint of; according to
to fall flat; to fall face down
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
(thick) scarf; muffler; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer