long handle; long-handled spear; long shaft
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
left side; left-hand side
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to cut downward; to slash downward
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
on the occasion of; at the time of
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
to collapse; to flop (onto)
ground; earth; grounding; touching the ground; landing (an airplane)
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
first attack; first strike; first blow
gunfight; firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to run through; to run past
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
tackling (to the ground); tackle (in rugby, hockey, etc.); tackle (position in American football); fishing tackle
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
trunk; torso; body; body (of an aircraft); fuselage; hull (of a ship)
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law