taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
to be stricken (e.g. with grief); to be battered (e.g. by disasters)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
pupil; disciple; follower
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others
just one person; only one
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
number; number plate; license plate
mental; spiritual; emotional
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
visiting another school (e.g. of kendo) and defeating each member in a fight
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
Western music; European music
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
touché; you've got me there
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
vice president (of a club, organization, etc.)
to class (one thing with another); to rank (with); to respect (two things) the same; to see as comparable; to hold in equally high esteem
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
(large) building; public building; hall
becoming a pupil (of); becoming a disciple; introduction (to); primer; entering through a gate