happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
grandfather; male senior-citizen
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)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
eight; eight (rowing boat)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
one's own way (esp. of an assertive man); one's own approach
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
how many nights; some nights; several nights; a number of nights
almost completely empty; virtually empty; inadequately defended; undefended; unguarded
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
attack; attack (on a difficult task); tackling; making an assault (on a summit); attack
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; dealing (a hit); striking (a blow)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
being on duty; person on duty; one's turn
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
providing information; provision of information; information provision