to blow out; to spout out
upper half of the body; upper body
hot spring; mineral spring; salon offering beauty treatments, weight reduction, relaxation, etc.; spaghetti
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
reason; cause; circumstances
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to make sense; to be meaningful
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)