winning a prize; placing (high; in a contest)
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; constant companion
master swordsman; skilled fencer
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to be kind to; to treat kindly
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
rival; competitor; competition
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
relish; gusto; appreciation
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
technique; art; skill; move
martial arts; military arts; wushu (Chinese martial art)
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
to ask a question; to ask questions
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
in good shape; strongly built; in good health; having a strong constitution
self-protection; self-defence
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
school (of painting, ikebana, etc.)
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
trivial; not amounting to much
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
temporary; transitory; short-lived
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
(muscular) explosiveness; explosive power; instantaneous force; quick responsiveness; instantaneity
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
way of the sword; swordsmanship
personality-wise; by nature; characteristic
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)