sham battle; mock battle; dry run; military exercise; war game
match; game; bout; contest
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
training range; training grounds; training area
practice; practising; training; study
certainly; surely; definitely
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical
it's been a long time; long time no see
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
depending on; dependent on
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
in accordance with; according to
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
advance; moving forward; progress
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)