brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
tank (military vehicle); chariot
specialized weapon or skill; specialised weapon or skill
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
suddenly; all of a sudden
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
defeating in an instant; instant kill
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
big man; large man; tall man; giant
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
roundhouse kick; turning kick
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
calvaria; area at top of head; parietal
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
squared timber; rectangular lumber
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
companion; follower; attendant; retinue