tendency; trend; inclination
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
running; tank top (worn as an undergarment or sportswear); vest; singlet
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
four (long cylindrical things)
guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side by side; to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
katana (sword worn on the hip edge up by samurai)
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm); dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish; variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
long time; long interval; for quite some time
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
the West; the Occident; Western countries
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
(hand) weapon; (arch.) one's forte; (arch.) one's special skill; (arch.) weapon one is skilled in using
what kind of; what sort of; what
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (esp. in piano-playing); fourth toe
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce