digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
martial arts demonstration; martial arts training
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
imitating; copying; mimicking
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
thereupon; shortly thereafter
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
closing; shutting; firmness; tightness; discipline
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
wooden joints; paired karate kata; beltwork
grand ultimate fist; Tai Chi Chuan
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out