lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
coaxial mounting; multiple mounting
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
cross; crossed; cruciform
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
throw; throwing; throwing event
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to install; to equip; to mount
completeness; perfection; consummation
weight; heavyweight boxer
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
while; even though; despite
advance; moving forward; progress
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to face; to go towards; to head towards
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
in swarms; in throngs; in droves; in hordes
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to quicken one's pace (steps)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
third rank; third class; third person (in a contract, etc.); third sign of the Chinese calendar
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
sudden shower; sudden downpour
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to rain incessantly; to downpour