defeat; loss; reverse; setback
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
while; even though; despite
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
waterfall; cataract; cascade
dozens; scores of; decades
reflective water surface; reflecting water
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
to become settled; to be fixed
god of death; death deity; Death
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
preparation; provision; guarding
military family; warrior class
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)