air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to order; to command; to appoint
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
internal organs; intestines; viscera
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
cooperation; coordination; link
ago; since; before; previous
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
old manners; old style; old school (of art)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
a step; short distance; short time
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them