to tell (somebody) to (do something)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
to surround; to crowd around
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
immediately; right away; on the spot
work; business; company; study
sword skills; swordsmanship
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
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
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
looking away; looking aside
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?