bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
specialization; specialisation
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
sword; blade; single stroke
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
last days; the end; one's fate
behind; in the rear; in back
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
admiration; wonder; astonishment
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
great difference; major mistake
sweeping sideways; mowing down
to fall flat; to fall face down
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of