bipartite; in two parts; double
gauntlet (used in Kendo); bracer; fencing glove
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
tension; tensile strength
to jar; to creak; to grate
dull sound; muffled sound
this (very thing); this precisely
celestial sphere; the heavens
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
intermittence; being intermittent; occurring intermittently
induced explosion; secondary explosion
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
washing; cleansing; cleaning; cleansing (one's mind and body)
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
final scene; the end; finale
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
snail's pace tactics; walking extremely slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings; (lit.) ox walk tactic
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
personal combat; one-to-one fight
taking a picture or video of oneself (esp. with a smartphone camera); selfie; video selfie; self-taken picture
photograph of two people, usu. male and female; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service where a couple are randomly connected for a conversation
true friend; close friend
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
going to and fro; back and forth