peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
female court attendant; court lady
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
offensive (movement); aggression
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
bottom step; bottom stair; last line; last column; bottom row (e.g. drawers)
passage; path; route; one's way
to lose (money, etc.); to suffer a loss; to waste (one's time, efforts, etc.); to bring to naught; to feel disappointed (e.g. by missing out on something); to suffer a (perceived) loss
control of the air; air supremacy
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception
one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
to burrow through; to dig through
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
dysfunction; malfunction; insufficiency
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
caressing; fondling; (sexual) petting
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
special move (e.g. in martial arts)
heaven and earth; the universe; land; world; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
visual confirmation; sighting
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
use; utilization; utilisation; application