weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
military man; warrior; soldier
martial arts; military arts; wushu (Chinese martial art)
armed might; military power; the sword; force
military officer; naval officer
samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
feats of arms; military exploits; distinguished military service
militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
good luck (in battle); may fortune be with you
fully armed; armed to the teeth
military family; warrior class
Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
armory; armoury; ordnance department
fortune in battle; luck in war; fate as a warrior
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
military exploits; military feats; military achievements; distinguished military service
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
martial arts stadium; (Nippon) Budokan (indoor arena in Tokyo)
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; mountain-dwelling robber
martial arts demonstration; martial arts training
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
practising martial arts; training in martial arts
arms and ammunition; weapons and ammunition
warrior; soldier; samurai
samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy
martial arts area (within a school, gym, etc.)
ancient Japanese martial arts
demilitarization; demilitarisation; demilitarized; demilitarised; unarmed
being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing
militarism; warlike spirit
military conflict; armed conflict
armed group; armed insurgents
military affairs; military people
every martial art; all the martial arts
unify the nation by force; (lit.) spread military force under the heavens
military preparation; armaments; defenses; defences
Kōbusho; martial arts training institute established by the Edo shogunate in 1854
band of warriors (often formed from related or dependent families); group of samurai
to be soldierly; to be martial
to lay down one's arms; to disarm; to demilitarize
bravery; valor; valour; military prowess
shogunate marital union with the Imperial family
strategy; military tactics
everlasting fortune in battle; continued luck in war
nobles and soldiers; imperial court
boor; rustic; country bumpkin; lout
feudal warrior; samurai; old soldier; veteran; old hand
a samurai never goes back on his word
chivalry; gallantry; heroism
martial spirit; military spirit; the spirit of true warriors
all the officials, both military and civil
the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip!
service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.)
ancient Japanese martial arts
Laws for the Military Houses (Tokugawa shogunate); laws establishing rules for daimyo
samurai for the shogunate
dojo (hall used for martial arts training)
civil and military officers
feudal period (characterized by the rule of the shogunate, 1185-1867); age of militarist government
arms business; arms dealing; weapons trade; weapons dealing
Seibu Lions (Japanese pro baseball team)
demilitarized zone; demilitarised zone; DMZ
small arms; light weapons
military affairs; martial arts
imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods)
idea of uniting the court and the shogunate (late Edo period)
A Farewell to Arms (novel by Ernest Hemingway, 1929)
to train oneself in military arts
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
fellow soldiers rely on one another; people in the same situation should help each other
demilitarization; demilitarisation
civilian and military man
Okinawan kobudo; traditional martial arts of the Ryukyu Islands
peerless bravery; matchless valor (in arms)
distinguished (surpassing) valor (valour)
dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus)
amateurish and haughty way of doing business
katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito
samurai-house style (Kamakura period)
a samurai never goes back on his word
Three Principles on arms exports
the best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai; as the cherry blossom is first among flowers, so is the warrior first among men
samurai words and phrases
military officer attached to embassy
resolution authorizing the use of force
Bukouyawa (chronicle covering the Warring States to Momoyama periods, probably bogus)
flower of chivalry (Bushido)
swashbuckling stories; martial arts fiction; chivalric knight novels; wuxia xiaoshuo
Genna armistice (period following the fall of Osaka Castle in 1615)
building on the greater palace grounds used by the emperor for viewing horse racing, horseback archery, etc.; martial arts practice hall at Heian Shrine (est. in 1895 by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, now defunct)
Seibu; Seibu (conglomerate: stores, railway, etc.); Saitama Seibu Lions (abbr)
Sōbu Line (Chiba-Tokyo railway)
rustic; boorish; uncouth; adamantly sticking to being boorish
Bunri University of Hospitality
amateurish and haughty way of doing business
warrior-style tea ceremony (such as the Enshū school)
weapon shop; weapon store
scholarship and swordsmanship are one and the same; the literary and the military are the same path
armed robbery; armed robber
the pen is mightier than the sword
samurai words and phrases
well up in both literary and military (martial) arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen
wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
nuclear weapon free; non-nuclear; denuclearized
abukumalite; britholite-(Y)
Nebuta; nighttime festival in Tōhoku (esp. Aomori)
Japanese parrotfish (Calotomus japonicus)
Cambria (old name for Wales)
Scarus ovifrons (species of parrotfish)
being versed in the literary and military arts