to get between; to be caught in
serious wound; serious injury
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
immediately; right away; on the spot
to kill; to defeat; to beat
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
to become possible; to become able to (do)
not worth considering; out of the question
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
ornament; dead body used to test a blade; unlicensed prostitute who always works out of the same cathouse
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
moral (spiritual) improvement; practice mental training; cultivate one's mind (soul)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to fight with swords; to cross swords
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to have a talk; to tell a story
to look down on; to make light of
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked