family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
child prodigy; wonder child
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
military family; warrior class
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
bluff; false show of power; bold front
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
tip of a sword; point of a sword
(brother and sister) born of a different mother
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
living thing; living creature; animal; life
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
tip of the hand; (use of) one's hands; cheap trick; superficial wit; cheap; makeshift (e.g. measures)
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
sympathy; empathy; response
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
sword skills; swordsmanship