specialized weapon or skill; specialised weapon or skill
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
relative weight; lightness and heaviness; relative importance; gravity
lightly; easily; carelessly
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
majestic figure; imposing figure; impressive appearance; magnificent appearance
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
sword skills; swordsmanship
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
wide-width (e.g. cloth); broad
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
physical strength; muscle strength
high power; high power output; explosiveness; explosive power; instantaneous force
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
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
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher