end; tip; extremities; terminal
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
what sort of; what kind of; what way
overriding principle; main principle; great principle
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture
to cultivate a better understanding
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
physical law; laws of physics
in the same breath; hardly had the words been said
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
full capacity; all one's ability
mortgage; security; hypothec; pledge
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
"lucky" underwear (esp. panties), set aside for special dates
reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression
to point (gun at); to hold under one's nose
deciding match; play-off; runoff
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)