to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
resolute; determined; bold
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
joints; points (of a speech)
technique; art; skill; move
close quarters combat; CQC
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
hypnopaedia; hypnopedia; sleep-learning
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to knead well; to polish; to refine
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
fast approach; quick intimacy
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
palm heel; heel of the palm
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)