to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
stage assistant dressed in black; stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
stabbing through; plunging into; sticking right into; sinking into (mud, water, etc.)
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
visual confirmation; sighting
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
scratch; chip; flaw; fault; shame; disgrace
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
classical form of martial art
feminist; man who indulges women; gentleman
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
had better ...; had better not ...