nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
offender; criminal; culprit
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
(police) detective; criminal matter
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
vague; obscure; vast; boundless
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
holding one's sword pointing towards the opponent's eyes (kendo stance)
to do something without any particular intention or mind to do so
to beat; to gain a point; to upset
distance in sword combat where approaching one more step allows hitting one's opponent
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to beat vigorously; to rain strikes upon someone; to tan someone's hide; to mercilessly pummel; to beat the daylights out of
crouching; formal crouch performed at the beginning of a sumo or kendo match
maneuver to return a sword to its scabbard
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
orchestra member; musician