apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
offense and defense; offence and defence
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to be talented; to be able
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
phantom; vision; illusion
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to begin to walk; to set out
in order; in turn; one by one
while; during (the time when)
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner