woman; female; feminine gender
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to run around; to bustle about
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
practice; practising; training; study
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
art of self-defense (defence)
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
nature; property; disposition
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
sunlight; rays of the Sun
coincident with; while; simultaneously
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
great hurry; great haste; rush
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
preparation; arrangements
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect