to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
to take a breath; to take a short rest
ingredient; component; composition
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
power; might; authority; influence
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle