love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
tradition; folklore; legend; (verbal) message; word (from someone)
most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
match; game; bout; contest
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
the very best; excellent; superb
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
distance in sword combat where approaching one more step allows hitting one's opponent
dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick; bamboo sword
half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns; middle guard position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
inside (a region, area, etc.); within the range (of); within the sphere (of influence, etc.)
crouching; formal crouch performed at the beginning of a sumo or kendo match
sheathing a sword; returning a sword to its scabbard
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
proposal; offer; request; application
external; foreign; with foreign countries; towards foreign countries
by sheer strength; by brute force
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
venue (for judo, kendo, etc.); (boxing) ring
shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck
front; frontage; facade; main
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
to score an ippon; to score a full point (in judo, kendo, etc.); to one-up (someone); to defeat (in an argument); to score (against someone)
with a loud smack; whack; slap; crack; snap
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
to strike (someone) down; to knock down; to thrash; to place firmly
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
to hit each other; to exchange blows; to fight
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; follow-through (e.g. in archery); lingering affection; attachment
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
base (of a polygon); bottom (of the social scale); lower levels; base (e.g. of support); foundation
seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries