public holiday; celebration (of)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
another style; another school (of thought, karate, etc.)
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
every place; various places
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
head of family; originator
intention; idea; inclination; wish
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
to escape from; to get out
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
shading; shielding from light
cave; cavern; den; grotto
absorption; suction; attraction
opposite; reverse; contrary
high voltage; high pressure
collecting mania; mania for collecting; collectionism
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards