(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
training; drill; practice; discipline
to need; to call for; to require
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
to look up to (a person) as one's preceptor
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
invitation; introduction; temptation
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
feeling keenly; fully realizing
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
to be needed; to be wanted
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
practice; practising; training; study
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle