to be hesitant; to feel timid
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; sabaki; properly treating one's weak stones under attack
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
patience; endurance; perseverance
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
just one person; only one
cannot be helped; unavoidable
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
selection process; screening process
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
when it comes to; concerning
three times; thrice; third (interval)
results; record; grades; marks
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
... years old; age (of) ...
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
selection (from many people for an important position); exceptional promotion
to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick
compensation; amends; redeeming feature