(set of) facial features; looks
tail (animal); tail end; tip
putting into operation; invocation
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
king (of the senior player)
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
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)
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
throw or throwing technique (sumo, judo)
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
backward somersault; back handspring; backflip
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem