river management; river improvement; flood control
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
metallic sound; metallic clank
audience; spectator; spectators
rowdy fellow; tough; bully; ruffian
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
centre line; center line; central line
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
development; exploitation
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)
bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
optimization; optimisation
to join together; to combine; to join up
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
those (near the second person)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow