to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
as is habit; the way life normally is
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
directly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead; helmet front
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
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
just (about to); on the point of; on the verge of; on the brink of
sole sword; unarmed but for a sword
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
one gō (approx. 180 ml); one gō (approx. 0.33 square meters); one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain