assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
another thing; exception; special case
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
blood relationship; blood relative
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
all you have to do is; just; that's all
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
several sheets (flat objects)
wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation; front left; front and left
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to temper thoroughly; to train well
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
quitting; ceasing; giving up
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
(social) position; status
discerning (quick) eye; keen insight
stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to lose contact with (someone); to stop communication with; to go missing; to disappear
that is to say; so that means
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification