(one's) figure; build; physique; style
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
dominant player (e.g. in politics); single strong player
another style; another school (of thought, karate, etc.)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
ten best people (in a particular field)
to have one's name entered (in a list)
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
tradition; legend; folklore
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
the West; the Occident; Western countries
ancient Japanese martial arts
to join together; to combine; to join up
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
establishment; settlement
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
one-armed shoulder throw (judo or sumo)
to take into consideration; to use one's discretion
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
weird; strange; mysterious
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to strip; to peel; to tear off
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
another thing; exception; special case
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
save; checking; curbing; suppressing