chance; opportunity; occasion
very interesting; of great interest
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
control; check; restraint; inhibition
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge
stepping back; drawing back
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
several times (as large, over)
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
to lead (an advance); to spearhead (a campaign, attack)
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
flash (of light); glint; swift strike; quick decisive move
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
while alive; during one's lifetime
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing