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both fists

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

3

martial arts; military arts; Bushido

2

taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)

1

fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)

1

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

1

willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition

1

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

3

several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)

1

order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

2

superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!

1

(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while

1

gastric juice

1

to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

1

surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

2

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

2

to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

3

to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at

1

charge; rush; dash; assault; attack

1

to grapple; to wrestle

1

horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling

1

posture; position; stance

8

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

1

deadlock; stalemate; standstill; hopeless position; lost game; zugzwang

1

type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention

2

collision; clashing

1

to collide; to clash

2

moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant

4

to grab (someone) by the collar; to seize (someone) by the lapels

3

collar; lapels

2

elbow

2

pit of the stomach; solar plexus

1

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

1

blow; shock; strike; batting

2

way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow

1

judo

4

signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move

1

to increase; to add to; to augment

1

half the body; half length

1

to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

1

not only that, but also; besides that; in addition to that; on top of that; furthermore

1

breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium

1

arrest; apprehension; capture

1

art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice

2

aikido

1

to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated

1

to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane

2

to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate

2

point-blank range

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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