underhand grip (e.g. in gymnastics, etc.); cross-handed grip (e.g. in golf, etc.); using one's hands backwards from their conventional positioning; reverse grip (e.g. of a sword); turning the tables (on an opponent); reverse arm-lock (in judo); joint lock
to hide; to conceal oneself
to lose sight of; to miss
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
chasing down and capturing (a criminal, etc.)
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
digging into (e.g. one's skin); cutting into; inroads (e.g. into a market); encroachment (e.g. on territory); deficit; loss
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
stealthily; secretly; in secret
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
operation; functioning; running
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking