family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
armor; armour; armor plate; armour plate
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
in the end; at the end of the day
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
many; a lot; much; multitude
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
180.39 millilitres; 180.39 milliliters; 0.3306 square metres; 0.3306 square meters; one-tenth of the way (from the foot of a mountain to the top)
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
interior design; interior; upholstery
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict
to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone
to move forward; to move on
stillness; quiet; peacefulness
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state