to make a speech; to address
to detain; to check; to restrain
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to shake; to waver; to tremble
decision; determination; resolution
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
flash (of light); glint; schiller
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder); slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
opposite side; opposition
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
negative emotions; negative feelings
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
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)
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
slow motion (video); moving slowly; moving leisurely
change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly
turning sideways; landscape orientation
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly