interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced
one eye; one of one's eyes
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
anything and everything; just about everything
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
that is to say; so that means
around the neck; neck size (measurement)
hiss; fizz; woosh; swish; whiz
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to attempt; to test; to try out
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading