pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
secret; private; surreptitious
to entrust; to leave to a person
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
regret; repentance; remorse
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
looking on from afar; being a spectator
to be infected; to be contagious
practice game; practice match; scrimmage; workout
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to affect; to impact; to influence
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
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
sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy