shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
coat; jacket; outerwear; top; upper-body garment
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
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
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
match; game; bout; contest
genius; prodigy; natural gift
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
flaunting; showing off; display (of power, wealth, etc.); ostentation
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
there is nothing; having nothing
to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented