combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
cutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder); slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
lower region; lower part; region below
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
to fall flat; to fall face down
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
something; some kind of; for some reason
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
projection; protrusion; lump; bulge
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
warp; curvature; curve; arch
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
operability; usability; user friendliness; ease of use; maneuverability; manoeuvrability
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another