to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
spiritual; religious song; spiritual
marking; grading; scoring
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
incompatible; unsupported
to refuse; to decline; to deny
Galapagosization; phenomenon of companies becoming overly specialized in developing products for the domestic market
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
holding hands with fingers interlocked
promenade; walk; path; trail; esplanade; mall
karintō (sugar-coated cookie made from fried dough)
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
locking technique in judo
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
art of self-defense (defence)
subtracting points; points deducted
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles