to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
great man; great god; hero; big man
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to knock down; to utterly defeat