mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
(not) merely; (not) simply
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
supreme; greatest; highest; best
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to be remembered; to go down in history
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to fall flat; to fall face down
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb