supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
secret art; the mysteries
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
to brush off; to shake off
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
superfine; extra-fine; extremely thin; extra-fine woollen yarn
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
combination; union; binding; bond
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
weight; heavyweight boxer
all you have to do is; just; that's all
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
to knead well; to polish; to refine
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
long military service; having experienced many battles
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion