to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
arista; awn; (grain) beard
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
depravity; corruption; degradation
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
defensive body movement (judo, kendo, etc.)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
striking with the back of the sword
to knock down; to utterly defeat
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
blood clam (Scapharca broughtonii)
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize