strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
offense and defense; offence and defence
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
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
indicate reason; infers some protest
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to attempt; to test; to try out
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
upper half of the body; upper body
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
draw (in competition); tie game
role of the villain; the bad guy
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie