mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
moving about; stirring about
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
feeling; sense; impression
price; cost; value; worth; value
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
genuine article; real thing; real deal
imperial court; royal court
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
how; in what way; how about
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
war; battle; match; game; competition
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
bringing; taking; carrying
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
Cala (South Africa); Ka-ra; Karla
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
of course; certainly; naturally
sword skills; swordsmanship
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind