posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
excitement; stimulation; agitation; pride; haughtiness; arrogance
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
sidelocks; hair at the temples
to be able to drink; to be worth drinking
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
river; stream; River; the ... river
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
torii; Shinto shrine archway
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to jump at; to be attracted by
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
(judo) foot technique; footwork
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening