obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
blow; shock; strike; batting
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
blunder; slip; error; error
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
to be smeared; to be covered
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to look around; to survey
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
in the meanwhile; during the time
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze