remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
comparatively; relatively
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
ratio; proportion; percentage
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
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
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to watch over; to watch attentively
genuine article; real thing; real deal
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to attempt; to test; to try out
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
waving a stick; conductor (orchestra, etc.); (arch.) Edo policeman
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly