practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
aggressiveness; competitive spirit; fighting spirit
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
giving up; quitting; surrendering
hey; yo; hi; yessir; understood
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
thought; consideration; thinking
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
technique; art; skill; move
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)
yoko-shiho-gatame (judo hold in which the opponent's shoulders and hips are pinned)
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
derivation; development; offshoot
synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
soldier; combatant; warrior
had better ...; had better not ...
art of self-defense (defence)
practice; practising; training; study
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
(event) planner; (event, meeting) organizer; producer
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far