to jump from one thing to another
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; sabaki; properly treating one's weak stones under attack
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
something out of the ordinary; variant; variety; person with an unusual character or background; unique figure; exceptional type
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
striking just before one's opponent makes a move
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
sasumata; man catcher; two-pronged weapon for catching criminals
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
coming flying in (of migratory birds, airborne sand, etc.); coming by airplane
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
right beside; close to; nearby
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
putting one's hands behind one's back; having one's hands behind one's back; behind; rear; back
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
inscrutable; incomprehensible
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue