to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
smallish; on the small side
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
only recently; just of late
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative; sente; move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
wooden joint; wood joinery; kumite; sparring; yotsu-gumi clinch; mutual grappling hold; grip
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
looking away; looking aside; outsider's perspective; observer's view
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
self-control; self-restraint
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
(a person's) appearance; looks
living thing; organism; creature; biology
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
judgment; judgement; discernment
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
lower half of the body; nether parts
finishing blow; coup de grâce
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn