tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
favorite; favourite; habitually used
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
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); guandao; Chinese glaive
to loosen one's sword slightly in the scabbard
surrounding at a distance
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
look!; there!; here!; that is
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
meteor; shooting star; falling star
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
to leap back; to jump back
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to shake one's head (in denial)