armed forces; military; troops
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
meanwhile; in the meantime
going around; patrol; round; tour
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
sword skills; swordsmanship
Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
ptarmigan (Lagopus muta, esp. the Japanese ptarmigan, Lagopus muta japonica); grouse
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
flash of lightning; fire caused by lightning
tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
ammunition; arrows and bullets; missile; projectile
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
to treat someone; to entertain someone
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
directly opposite; right in front
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
reopening; resumption; restarting
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
ordinary; sensible; commonplace