peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
very loose; slowly; leisurely
in advance; beforehand; previously
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
in this manner; in this way; like this
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to be helpful; to be useful
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
study; pursuit of knowledge
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
absorption; suction; attraction
one day; (on) a certain day
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
work; business; company; study
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time