mental; spiritual; emotional
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
personal combat; one-to-one fight
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
to be free; to be available
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
being already (well) aware
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
confronting directly; meeting face-to-face
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
highly ridiculous; quite absurd
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to swing late (at a ball)
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
patch; patching; join; joining; successor; heir
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
in deep black; in jet black
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)