to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
reality; actuality; hard fact
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
living thing; living creature; animal; life
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
near; nearby; not far off
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
like this; this sort; this way
blow; shock; strike; batting
development; exploitation
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
inside; interior; inner part