start; commencement; beginning; initiation
thought; consideration; thinking
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
tendency; trend; inclination
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
four (long cylindrical things)
guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
katana (sword worn on the hip edge up by samurai)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm); dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish; variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
long time; long interval; for quite some time
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
the West; the Occident; Western countries
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
specialized weapon or skill; specialised weapon or skill
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
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
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
little finger; pinky; little toe