to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc.; in front of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy)
to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle