to slip through; to slip past; to evade
thought; consideration; thinking
acceleration; speeding up
perception; sensation; awareness
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
blindingly quick speed; (in) a flash; (in) the blink of an eye
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
senility; dotage; decrepitude
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
old body; aged person; elderly person
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to control; to command; to get the better of
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
again; once more; a second time
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
already; now; no longer; not any more
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)