unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
covering; protection; backing; relief
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
brave warrior; hero; brave man
cooperation; coordination; link
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
while alive; during one's lifetime
expert(ise); skill; dexterity
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating