check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
one eye; one of one's eyes
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
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)
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
irritation; annoyance; frustration
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to collect; to assemble; to gather
putting into operation; invocation
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
above; going steadily upward
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to turn towards; to point
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice