to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
arrow with a whistle attached; whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
to go along; to walk along; to follow
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
disorder; chaos; confusion
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
same generation; one's generation
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
rejuvenation; restoration of youth
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to have no chance (of succeeding)
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to hold fast; to protect to the end
to fight against; to oppose; to face
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
becoming red hot; red heat; scorching heat; running high (of emotions); burning (with passion, enthusiasm, etc.)
to crack; to develop a crack
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability