complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins
divide into four pieces; one fourth
he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; sometimes you have to lose to win; (lit.) losing is winning
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
ground levelling (leveling); laying the groundwork; making preparations; roller; road leveller
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
not necessarily so; is not always true
drift (of snow, leaves, etc.); hangout for social dropouts
final game; final games; the finals
while being out of the office or away from home
prohibition; inhibition; ban
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
wood (for building); lumber; timber
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
cotton gloves; working gloves
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
eat-in-kitchen; combination kitchen-dining room; dropkick (rugby)
walk-in closet with space for shoes (by the entrance of a house)
floor space (esp. of the ground floor only); floorage
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
being good at cooking; good cook
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; blow job; fellatio
young persons' association
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk