correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
early (days); initial stage; initial
footwork; mobility; flexibility; adaptability
depending on; dependent on
optimization; optimisation
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
even; indicates something unexpected occurs
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
intensive; concentrated; focused
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
customization; customisation
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
Shuhari; three stages of mastery: the fundamentals, breaking with tradition, creating one's own techniques
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
technique; art; skill; move
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
way of the sword; swordsmanship
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes