clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to rain incessantly; to downpour
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
in succession; one by one
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
to make an appearance; to show up
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to thrust before; to thrust at
if so; in that case; in that situation
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
surrounding at a distance
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
classical form of martial art
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends