Japanese cooking; Japanese cuisine
huge win; overwhelming victory
in a body; concentrated force; combined efforts
running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
offensive camp; team at bat
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
foolish question; stupid question; one's question
principles of a martial art; underlying theory of a martial arts technique
one's own property; possessions
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
to look as if one is important; to swagger around
contest between different schools (of fencing, etc.)
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
another style; another school (of thought, karate, etc.)
few decades; many decades; several decades
being based on; following (a rule, guidelines, etc.); conforming to (standards, regulations, etc.); complying with
(smelling) strongly; pungently; angrily; furiously; indignantly
to take a breather; to take a break
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to get late; to advance; to wear on
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug
to collect information; to gather knowledge