half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
social dance; ballroom dancing
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
art of self-defense (defence)
training; drill; practice; discipline
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
chimera (mythological); chimaera
to gain a victory; to win
war; battle; match; game; competition
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
special training; intensive training; crash course
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole