wooden joints; paired karate kata; beltwork
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
place where one works; construction site; working area
noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something
lidded plastic container; Tupperware
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
practice; practising; experience
completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
feeling a sudden chill; feeling a shiver; feeling sudden surprise (fright, horror, etc.); shuddering
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
to pitch forward; to fall forward
to be the ruin of (a person)
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
commanding; awe-inspiring; bitter (cold); piercing
highly unpredictable; touch and go
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
in a day; in a brief space of time
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
reading; readout (computer)
bad news; news of a death; death notice
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)