to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
unknown; obscure; insignificant
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
peanut (Arachis hypogaea); groundnut
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
it is I who should say so
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns; middle guard position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
match; game; bout; contest
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
swordsmanship; line drawn by the tip of a sword when slashing
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick; bamboo sword
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana)
rather; better; instead; if anything
posture; position; stance
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread