celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
scene; sight; scenario; setting
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
head; lead; vanguard; first
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
gauntlet (used in Kendo); bracer; fencing glove
all-out attack; general offensive
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
to crack; to develop a crack
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
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)
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
drawing a sword; drawn sword
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death