bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
intelligence; intellect; brains
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to go out and away; to leave
favorite; favourite; habitually used
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
smallish; on the small side
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
leather; leather-bound; leathern
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
gauntlet (used in Kendo); bracer; fencing glove
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
shin guards; shin pads; greaves; leggings
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
wide-width (e.g. cloth); broad
(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role