attacking method; attacking strategy
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
elopement; running away with a lover
to look down over; to look down on
at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice
orotund; smooth circular motion; spherical; rolling smoothly; (with) smooth circular motion
delicate technique (in sumo, judo, etc.); little trick; subtle maneuver
bad influence; negative influence
headlong rush; rushing recklessly
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
optimization; optimisation
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
crunchy; gritty (sand, pebbles, etc.)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
to thrust before; to thrust at
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
counter for helmets, etc.
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
mizuame; glucose syrup; starch syrup; corn syrup
to burn; to roast; to grill; to bake
one's outlook on the universe
pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism
Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism
becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion
when it comes to; concerning
trouble; quarrel; dispute
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
surrender (fall) of a castle
completion of construction
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
to create a stir; to make waves; to raise a question about; to cause a sensation