south wind; southerly wind; (arch.) summer
ideal weather (for some action, event, etc.); perfect day
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
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
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
comma; decimal point; radix point
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
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)
to cut open; to cut apart; to divide; to split
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
location (e.g. of film shoot); remote (shoot at a remote location)
sword battle (staged for television, etc.); sword fight
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
reaction; response; reaction
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
single-lens reflex camera