rīchi; riichi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from victory (or success, etc.)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
every person; every mouth; every entrance
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
rather than; more ... than ...
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft
all directions; every direction; all sides; all quarters; everywhere
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
calm; composed; leisurely
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
I can say now (what I couldn't before); now (that things have changed) I don't mind telling you; I couldn't tell you until now; I couldn't have told you this back then
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
offense and defense; offence and defence
nothing but; none other than
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
nothing but; except; no more than
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)