to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
to sacrifice oneself (for); to give one's life (for); to follow (someone) in taking the same action (out of respect or loyalty; e.g. resigning together with a superior); to follow suit (out of a sense of duty); to follow (one's master) into the grave; to commit suicide (after one's lord has died)
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
carriage; movement (of the body)
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
proficiency; mastery; competence; becoming proficient (in)
busy; having no time (for)
to smash down; to batter down; to beat in; to destroy
to declare confidently; to declare proudly; to declare dramatically; to strike a pose (for dramatic effect)
trouble; bother; number of moves; number of punches; number of liberties
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); being penniless; being broke
to pass each other; to brush past each other; to mingle together
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
flowing through; conduction
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema; expulsion (from a gang)
Dōtanuki school (Muromachi-period swordsmithing school); sword of the Dōtanuki school (usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords); heavy sword
(one small) fine-tuning; reworking; easily beating; easily defeating
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
loss of spirit; dejection
pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
sliding; slipping; slide; "slide" under the opponents stones by playing a move (usually keima or ogeima) on the second line
a bit of contrivance; some fiddling; a little ingenuity
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
knitting; knitted material; crochet
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily