to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
everywhere; all over; throughout
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to watch over; to watch attentively
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
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
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
holding one's sword pointing towards the opponent's eyes (kendo stance); warm, welcoming eyes
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to pitch forward; to fall forward
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)