gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
every evening; every night
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
practice; practising; training; study
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
other matters; other people's affairs
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
to pierce; to penetrate; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to feel keenly; to make a deep impression
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
jujitsu (classical Japanese martial art, usually referring to fighting without a weapon); jiujitsu; jujutsu
moral (spiritual) improvement; practice mental training; cultivate one's mind (soul)
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
university graduate; bachelor; bachelor's degree
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to be beneficial to; to be efficacious
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose