left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
magic sword; cursed sword
principles of a martial art; underlying theory of a martial arts technique
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
ultimate; final; last; eventual
special move (e.g. in martial arts)
painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
refining; purification; careful manufacture
fine (grain, workmanship, etc.); close (weave); delicate; precise; accurate; careful
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); God; Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
attachment; obsession; persistence
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
well-tempered; well drilled; well trained
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (at a location); sum of money
something handed down (usu. an order)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
half the body; half length
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
metallic taste; taste of iron
conductor (of heat or electricity)
lightning strike; torpedo attack