near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
secret art; the mysteries
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
grave maintenance; grave keeper
ability; performance; efficiency
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
art of self-defense (defence)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
training; drill; practice; discipline
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
coarse (texture or grain)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to beat fast (of a heart); to hammer
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
classical form of martial art
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to thrust away; to send flying
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
considerably; greatly; a lot
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support