investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
inundating a castle; cutting off a castle's water supply
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
on the sea; surface of the sea
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
bad law; (arch.) evil ways; (arch.) evil way of doing things
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
to attempt; to test; to try out
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
to take someone's life; to kill someone
outdoor kendo match; casual match; non-competitive match
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
personality; character; individuality; personhood
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
at once; immediately; right now