eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to dance; to perform dance steps
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
jamming a finger; stubbing a toe; spraining a finger (toe)
gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport); characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre)
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
one-liner; funny joke; gag; quick trick
difficult to ...; hard to ...
good at fighting; usually wins a fight
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
chance; opportunity; occasion
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
since one was born; in one's (entire) life; in all one's life
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
pride; dignity; self-worth
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
Japanese dock (Rumex japonicus)
not yet known; unknown; strange
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
optimization; optimisation
double; twice (as much); twofold
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
(not) even with; (not) even using
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
kindergartener; preschooler