to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; (lit.) to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
different kind (species, variety); heterologous; heterogenous
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
football pitch; soccer field
special training; intensive training; crash course
to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other
shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck
episode; anecdote; vignette
palatial residence; stately mansion
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
secret technique; secret art
wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation; front left; front and left
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
gazing at (in wonderment)
conduit; pipe; duct; vessel
bending; warping; flexibility; pliability
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give