tough measure; firm step; strong measure
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
personal affair; one's own affair
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
control; check; restraint; inhibition
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
palm heel; heel of the palm
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
some nerve (as in "you have some nerve to ...")
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
half the body; half length
to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
human; human-like; as a person
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
percussion hammer; firing hammer; cocking piece
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
physical examination; medical checkup; frisking; pat-down; search