light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
almost completely empty; virtually empty; inadequately defended; undefended; unguarded
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
concussion (of the brain)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
for this very reason; that is exactly why
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way
to collapse; to flop (onto)
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
knee dislocation; making someone's knees bend (by hitting them behind the knees with one's own knees)
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to mark the end; to spell the end
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
classical form of martial art
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
looking over someone's shoulder
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
trifling; trivial; slight
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to think of; to come up with
to make one's way into; to push one's way into; to force one's way though; to push through
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword