to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to blow off; to be blown off
to crouch; to squat; to cower
training; drill; practice; discipline
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback
dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to dance; to perform dance steps
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
jamming a finger; stubbing a toe; spraining a finger (toe)
gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport); characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre)
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
one-liner; funny joke; gag; quick trick
difficult to ...; hard to ...
good at fighting; usually wins a fight
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner