walking alone; walking without assistance; unique; matchless; unparalleled
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
to attack; to assault; to assail
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
to do as one wishes; to suit one's convenience; to happen as one expects
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
originating (something); coming up with the idea; starting (something); spiritual awakening; resolution
(edible) greens; leafy greens; vegetables
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
chest; coffer; rice tub; lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
small; fine; detailed; stingy
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
loud voice; high-pitched voice
again; once more; a second time
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
turning point; transition phase
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful