weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
armed might; military power; the sword; force
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
samurai; warrior; military family
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
military officer; naval officer
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
feats of arms; military exploits; distinguished military service
fully armed; armed to the teeth
trembling with excitement
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
armory; armoury; ordnance department
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
military family; warrior class
traveling about to gain skill in combat (travelling)
military exploits; military feats; military achievements; distinguished military service
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts
Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
martial arts demonstration; martial arts training
samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; mountain-dwelling robber
fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter
arms and ammunition; weapons and ammunition
being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing
armed group; armed insurgents
demilitarization; demilitarisation; demilitarized; demilitarised; unarmed
military conflict; armed conflict
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
ancient Japanese martial arts
militarism; warlike spirit
martial arts area (within a school, gym, etc.)
military affairs; military people
practising martial arts; training in martial arts
daredevil; foolhardy warrior; hotspur
Emperor Jinmu; legendary founding Emperor of Japan
Kenmu era (of unified Japan) (1334.1.29-1336.2.29); Kenmu era (of the Northern Court) (1336.2.29-1338.8.28)
unify the nation by force; (lit.) spread military force under the heavens
to lay down one's arms; to disarm; to demilitarize
military preparation; armaments; defenses; defences
fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter
bravery; valor; valour; military prowess
to be soldierly; to be martial
continued luck in the fortunes of war
boor; rustic; country bumpkin; lout
strategy; military tactics
feudal warrior; samurai; old soldier; veteran; old hand
shogunate marital union with the Imperial Family
band of warriors (often formed from related or dependent families); group of samurai
the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip!
nobles and soldiers; imperial court
service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.)
all the officials, both military and civil
every martial art; all the martial arts
martial spirit; military spirit; the spirit of true warriors
chivalry; gallantry; heroism
Kenmu Restoration (1333-1336)
samurai for the shogunate
warrior picture (as a genre of ukiyo-e); musha-e
civil and military officers
ancient Japanese martial arts
law decreeing rules for daimyo during Tokugawa shogunate
dojo (hall used for martial arts training)
feudal period (characterized by the rule of the shogunate, 1185-1867); age of militarist government
arms business; arms dealing; weapons trade; weapons dealing
demilitarized zone; demilitarised zone; DMZ
samurai drill; knight errantry
to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with
Japanese cobra lily (Arisaema ringens)
small arms; light weapons
imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods)
trembling with excitement
military affairs; martial arts
to train oneself in military arts
(late Edo-period) idea of uniting the court and the shogunate
civilian and military man
Three Principles on arms exports
since the era of the Emperor Jinmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented
dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus)
trembling with excitement
Okinawan kobudo; traditional martial arts of the Ryukyu Islands
to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with
distinguished (surpassing) valor (valour)
amateurish business methods; bad business sense
peerless bravery; matchless valor (in arms)
Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3, the supposed day of his death)
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
samurai-house style (Kamakura period)
a samurai never goes back on his word
swashbuckling stories; martial arts fiction; chivalric knight novels; wuxia xiaoshuo
resolution authorizing the use of force
Nebuta; nighttime festival in Tōhoku (esp. Aomori)
Japanese parrotfish (Calotomus japonicus)
the best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai; as the cherry blossom is first among flowers, so is the warrior first among men
feats of arms; military exploits; distinguished military service
flower of chivalry (Bushido)
military officer attached to embassy
building on the greater palace grounds used by the emperor for viewing horse racing, horseback archery, etc.; martial arts practice hall at Heian Shrine (est. in 1895 by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, now defunct)
samurai words and phrases
samurai-house style (Kamakura period)
the best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai; as the cherry blossom is first among flowers, so is the warrior first among men
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts
Cambria (old name for Wales)
large warship of the Muromachi and early Edo periods
Scarus ovifrons (species of parrotfish)
dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus)
samurai words and phrases
being versed in the literary and military arts
rustic; boorish; uncouth; adamantly sticking to being boorish
well up in both literary and military (martial) arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen
the economic boom of the mid-1950s
samurai words and phrases
nuclear weapon free; non-nuclear; denuclearized
wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
scholarship and swordsmanship are one and the same; the literary and the military are the same path
when you are in a state of fear, the smallest thing will startle you; (lit.) a fleeing soldier takes fright even from a head of silver grass
the pen is mightier than the sword
Tukong Moosul (Korean martial art); Teuk-gong Musul