satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
holding one's sword pointing towards the opponent's eyes (kendo stance)
half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns; middle guard position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving one's legs forward without letting one's feet leave the ground
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
to be too late; to be too slow
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
anything and everything; just about everything
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
that is to say; so that means
around the neck; neck size (measurement)
hiss; fizz; woosh; swish; whiz
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!