wooden joints; paired karate kata; beltwork
practice; practising; training; study
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
pupil; student; schoolchild
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to be perturbed; to be agitated
offense and defense; offence and defence
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
uniform worn in martial arts (judo, kendo, etc.)
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex
strong person; the strong; the powerful
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
to show up; to appear; to turn up
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
be (that) as it may; having said that
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
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)
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination