to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
blow; shock; strike; batting
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
to need; to call for; to require
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
simplification (character, hair-style, etc.); unbalancing an opponent
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
nod; inclination of the head
feminine features; having a girl's face (for a man); girly face
the eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
settlement; solution; resolution
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
exemplar; model; example; pattern
martial arts demonstration; martial arts training
immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
high efficiency; high performance
high sensitivity; highly sensitive (e.g. film, radio receiver); high speed (film); discerning; discriminating; of refined tastes
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
one's physical safety; personal security
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
suspicious character (person, figure)
to run up to; to rush over
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)