blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
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
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise
sword skills; swordsmanship
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
deviation; departure; omission
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to envelop; to blanket; to cloak
left side; left-hand side
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
equipment; harness; fittings
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)