zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
gauntlet (used in Kendo); bracer; fencing glove
shin guards; shin pads; greaves; leggings
tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
troops outfitted with red armor (Sengoku and Edo periods)
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
full-length portrait or statue
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
crouch start (in a sprint)
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
(not) the slightest bit; (not) the least; (not) at all
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
food to fill one's stomach; something to satisfy one's hunger
completeness; being fully equipped; (suit of) armor; armour
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
knee dislocation; making somebody's knees bend (by hitting them behind the knees with one's own knees)
pillar of fire; blazing column
heating power; thermal power; firepower
gas burner; blowtorch; Bunsen burner
laryngeal prominence; Adam's apple
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
catching fire (from next door); spreading fire
of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading
tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
background research; research into the period