expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; judgement (of God); referee
forbidden; prohibited; banned; taboo
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
metallic sound; metallic clank
rowdy fellow; tough; bully; ruffian
first attack; first strike; first blow
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
centre line; center line; central line
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
martial arts; military arts; wushu (Chinese martial art)
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)
bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
optimization; optimisation
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to hit each other; to exchange blows; to fight