to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
shame; disgrace; raping; rape
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
poor or lowly masterless samurai
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
urgency; exigency; emergency
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
retirement from public office; going into opposition; losing power
determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to be infected; to be contagious
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
counterattack; striking one's opponent immediately after defending an incoming attack
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
long ago; previous; of a former age
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
decapitation; decapitated head
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
energy; military strength
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
step; stride; counter for steps
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
sharpness; sharp weapon; blade; fine soldier
diagonal move (in the game of go)
right of center (politically); right-leaning; tending to the right