attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to look forward to something
drawing a sword; drawn sword
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
half the body; half length
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
sword skills; swordsmanship
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
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
acceleration; speeding up
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
thrusting (a spear, etc.)
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)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip