metre; meter; meter; gauge
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
extremely; terrifically; super
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
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)
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
reality; actuality; hard fact
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
plain; plateau; tableland
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
immediately; right away; on the spot
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast