palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
gallery; corridor; art gallery; upper gallery (in a theatre); spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
ancient Japanese martial arts
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
almost every day; almost daily
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
practice; practising; training; study
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
technique; art; skill; move
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)