axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
match; game; bout; contest
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; (lit.) it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
power; might; authority; influence
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
special; particular; peculiar; unique
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese