to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
utterance; speaking; vocalization; leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.)
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
even if nothing else; more than anything else
audience; spectator; spectators
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
visual confirmation; sighting
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
one thin flat object; one sheet
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
body; physique; build; stature
maneuver to return a sword to its scabbard
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
item; something that one "just has to have"