trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
blindness; blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
to die; (lit.) to become bones
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
number of persons; personnel
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
one by one; one each; one at a time
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
imagination; supposition; guess
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
all (there is); as long as there is
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)
participation; joining; entry
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; sabaki; properly treating one's weak stones under attack
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords