close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
(necessary) personnel; required person
injured person; wounded person; casualty
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
volley firing; fusillade; broadside
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
water wheel; water turbine; hydraulic turbine; (arch.) violent wielding of weapons
scrap wood; waste wood; waste; waste material; scrap material
to join together; to combine; to join up
to need; to call for; to require
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to have no chance (of succeeding)
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
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
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to take a breath; to take a short rest
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)