bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
headlong rush; rushing recklessly
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
war situation; progress of a battle
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
to leave this world; to die
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to make an appearance; to show up
sword skills; swordsmanship
bewitched sword; magical sword; demon sword
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to approach; to draw near
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent