to tear up and throw away
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
layout map; block plan; layout plan
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
stairs; stairway; staircase
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo)
to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
Tachibana Muneshige (1569?-1643.1.15)
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
huge rock; massive boulder
Houzouin Inshun (1587-1648)
Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
crouching; formal crouch performed at the beginning of a sumo or kendo match
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart
sword with a very long grip
second athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
second in command (of an army); vice-captain; fourth athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
consists of; comprises; is made up of
round-robin tournament; round-robin competition
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword); rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront