silk thread

protect until the end

the art of drawing one's sword in an instant, cutting, and then sheathing, all while sitting / the performance of such, which was done during the Edo period

額を突く: kowtow

kowtow

a type of hakama worn in ancient times

to fight through

A transliteration of the Russian surname Нава́льный (Naválʹnyj), Navalny

The hiragana syllable め (me). Its equivalent in katakana is メ (me). It is the thirty-fourth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ま行え段 (ma-gyō e-dan, “row ma, section e”).

目, 眼: eye / 目: small hole, like those inherent to a net-like material (between the warp and the weft) / 目: short for 賽の目 (sai no me, “dice pip”). / 目: (by extension) experience