path through forest; woodland path; logging road
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
to stop walking; to pause
to be bewitched by a fox; to be confused
wounded person; injured person
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
practising martial arts; training in martial arts
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)
meeting; greeting; welcome
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
a few years ago; some years back
public acknowledgment; public acknowledgement; public recognition; commendation; awarding
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
comparatively; relatively
how long; how far; how much
severe wound; serious wound; gash
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
to strangle; to constrict
sense of values; values; value system