black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
katana (sword worn on the hip edge up by samurai)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
great difference; big difference; wide margin
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
kind; sort; species; species
above-mentioned; above-named; above
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
physical strength; muscle strength
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
lowish; somewhat low; on the low side; low (ball)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
in (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter; back nine
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secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary
single edge (e.g. sword blade); single bevel (e.g. kitchen knife)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
highish; somewhat high; on the high side; somewhat expensive; comparatively expensive; on the expensive side