accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo)
to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
Tachibana Muneshige (1569?-1643.1.15)
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
huge rock; massive boulder
Houzouin Inshun (1587-1648)
Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
crouching; formal crouch performed at the beginning of a sumo or kendo match
helmet dome; bowl of a helmet; protective iron plate worn on a headband
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)
bleaching; soaking; bleached cotton (esp. wrapped around the torso); doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (Edo-period punishment)
distinctive; characteristic
horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart
sword with a very long grip
second athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
second in command (of an army); vice-captain; fourth athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
consists of; comprises; is made up of
round-robin tournament; round-robin competition
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
unfortunately; regrettably
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword); rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
to ring (a bell); to strike (a gong, drum, etc.); to beat; to sound
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage