three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet, intersection); trifurcated; three-pronged fork; trident
at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately
small build; small stature
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to take a breath; to take a short rest
belatedly; though a little too late
moment to quit; way to quit
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
to outwit; to get the better of; to leave (an opponent) dumbfounded; (lit.) to expose (someone's) nose
good walker; tireless walker
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
one person; another name; nickname; alias
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
right side; right-hand side
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
to awake from one's sleep
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
to throw oneself; to jump; to leap
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to cut; to slit; to slash
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
waterfall from a high place
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to pair up; to form a pair; to mate; to copulate; (arch.) to fix (an arrow to the string); (arch.) to place outriders on the left and right
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
to be sooty; to be stained
troops outfitted with red armor (Sengoku and Edo periods)