weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery
armed might; military power; the sword; force
martial arts; military arts; wushu (Chinese martial art)
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
military man; warrior; soldier
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
military officer; naval officer
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk
armed group; armed insurgents
good luck (in battle); may fortune be with you
fully armed; armed to the teeth
feats of arms; military exploits; distinguished military service
trembling with excitement
armory; armoury; ordnance department
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
fortune in battle; luck in war; fate as a warrior
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
military family; warrior class
traveling about to gain skill in combat (travelling)
military exploits; military feats; military achievements; distinguished military service
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
military conflict; armed conflict
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts
Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
martial arts demonstration; martial arts training
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
martial arts stadium; (Nippon) Budokan (indoor arena in Tokyo)
samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; mountain-dwelling robber
being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing
demilitarization; demilitarisation; demilitarized; demilitarised; unarmed
fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter
arms and ammunition; weapons and ammunition
mounted warrior; cavalier; knight
martial arts area (within a school, gym, etc.)
ancient Japanese martial arts
good luck (in battle); may fortune be with you
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
warrior; soldier; samurai
militarism; warlike spirit
military affairs; military people
practising martial arts; training in martial arts
daredevil; foolhardy warrior; hotspur
demilitarized zone; demilitarised zone; DMZ
warrior; soldier; samurai; government official serving the imperial court during the Nara period
unify the nation by force; (lit.) spread military force under the heavens
Kenmu era (of unified Japan; 1334.1.29-1336.2.29); Kenmu era (of the Northern Court; 1336.2.29-1338.8.28)
Emperor Jimmu; legendary founding Emperor of Japan
every martial art; all the martial arts
to lay down one's arms; to disarm; to demilitarize
Three Principles on arms exports
trembling with excitement
military preparation; armaments; defenses; defences
to be soldierly; to be martial
bravery; valor; valour; military prowess
fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter
everlasting fortune in battle; continued luck in war
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
boor; rustic; country bumpkin; lout
strategy; military tactics
feudal warrior; samurai; old soldier; veteran; old hand
shogunate marital union with the Imperial family
Yamato Takeru; 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto
the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip!
a samurai never goes back on his word
demilitarization; demilitarisation
martial spirit; military spirit; the spirit of true warriors
warrior picture (genre of ukiyo-e); musha-e
nobles and soldiers; imperial court
all the officials, both military and civil
Seibu Lions (Japanese pro baseball team)
service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.)
chivalry; gallantry; heroism
arms business; arms dealing; weapons trade; weapons dealing
Kenmu Restoration (1333-1336)
samurai for the shogunate
ancient Japanese martial arts
civil and military officers
Laws for the Military Houses (Tokugawa shogunate); laws establishing rules for daimyo
to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with
dojo (hall used for martial arts training)
Nebuta; nighttime festival in Tōhoku (esp. Aomori)
feudal period (characterized by the rule of the shogunate, 1185-1867); age of militarist government
small arms; light weapons
since the era of the Emperor Jimmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented
samurai drill; knight errantry
Japanese cobra lily (Arisaema ringens)
samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy
Mushakōjisenke school of tea ceremony
trembling with excitement
samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy
imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods)
military affairs; martial arts
daredevil; foolhardy warrior; hotspur
Emperor Jimmu's eastern expedition (starting in Hyuga in 607 BCE, ending with the unification of Yamato)
wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
A Farewell to Arms (novel by Ernest Hemingway, 1929)
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
idea of uniting the court and the shogunate (late Edo period)
to train oneself in military arts
trembling with excitement
Okinawan kobudo; traditional martial arts of the Ryukyu Islands
to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with
civilian and military man
daredevil; foolhardy warrior; hotspur
dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus)
fellow soldiers rely on one another; people in the same situation should help each other
peerless bravery; matchless valor (in arms)
Musashino Academia Musicae
distinguished (surpassing) valor (valour)
Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3, the supposed day of his death)
amateurish and haughty way of doing business
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
swashbuckling stories; martial arts fiction; chivalric knight novels; wuxia xiaoshuo
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)
katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito
samurai-house style (Kamakura period)
the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip!
a samurai never goes back on his word
Bukouyawa (chronicle covering the Warring States to Momoyama periods, probably bogus)
Bunri University of Hospitality
flower of chivalry (Bushido)
samurai-house style (Kamakura period)
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
military officer attached to embassy
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
Genna armistice (period following the fall of Osaka Castle in 1615)
scholarship and swordsmanship are one and the same; the literary and the military are the same path
feats of arms; military exploits; distinguished military service
a samurai never goes back on his word
samurai words and phrases
Japanese parrotfish (Calotomus japonicus)
resolution authorizing the use of force
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts
brave; courageous; vigorous; enthusiastic; mighty; firm
Cambria (old name for Wales)
large warship of the Muromachi and early Edo periods
Scarus ovifrons (species of parrotfish)
since the era of the Emperor Jimmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented
dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus)
valiant; brave; bold; fearless; fierce; ferocious
a samurai never goes back on his word
Sōbu Line (Chiba-Tokyo railway)
samurai words and phrases
Seibu; Seibu (conglomerate: stores, railway, etc.); Saitama Seibu Lions (abbr)
being versed in the literary and military arts
rustic; boorish; uncouth; adamantly sticking to being boorish
well up in both literary and military (martial) arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen
Jimmu Boom (economic boom of the mid-1950s)
samurai words and phrases
nuclear weapon free; non-nuclear; denuclearized
when you are in a state of fear, the smallest thing will startle you; (lit.) a fleeing soldier takes fright even from a head of silver grass
the pen is mightier than the sword
Tukong Moosul (Korean martial art); Teuk-gong Musul
abukumalite; britholite-(Y)
warrior-style tea ceremony (such as the Enshū school)
amateurish and haughty way of doing business
armed robbery; armed robber
hunting down of defeated soldiers (to kill and loot them)
weapon shop; weapon store
Musashi Technical College
Musashi Women's Junior College
Nutrition College Musashino
Musashino Women's College (abbr)
Musashino Women's College
Junior College of Art and Design of Musashino Art University
black-throated loon (Gavia arctica); Arctic loon