one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
it seems so; that's what it looks like
speech; expression; wording; language
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
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)
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
dullard; indecisive person
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
leaving everything up to someone else
utmost limits; extremity; limit
free-for-all; open-to-all; optional (to participate in); non-compulsory
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
gooily; with a squeeze; squishily; with a squish
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
this and that; various things
several weeks; a few weeks
hard ball; regulation ball
natto (fermented soybeans)
in a terrible mess; in complete disorder; chaotic
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition