teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
body; group; party; company; troupe
leader of a delegation (body, party)
to have a lewd look on one's face; to ogle
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to do someone in; to bump someone off
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
practice; practising; training; study
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
practice sword; fake sword
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
pleasant feeling; good feeling
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to stay (at); to stop (at)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
mountain road; mountain trail