9th in rank; ninth sign of the Chinese calendar
sword; blade; single stroke
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
personal record; personal best
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
five-family unit; five-man group; quintet
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
crosspiece (between pillars, etc.); penetrating tie beam
heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment; just punishment
custom; made or built to order; customs (government agency)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
optimization; optimisation
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
one revolution; one rotation
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
having no idea; having no clue
eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
many-headed; hydra-headed; large-scale (e.g. breeding)
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
natural (physical) environment
foundation stone; cornerstone
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty