making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
bowing while standing; standing bow
crouching; formal crouch performed at the beginning of a sumo or kendo match
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
tasteless and odorless; bland
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
practice game; practice match; scrimmage; workout
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
way out; means to escape; escape route
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
again (and again); once again; yet again
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
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
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to be hesitant; to feel timid
resolute; determined; bold
to attack; to assault; to assail
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
counterattack (kendo, judo, etc.); reversal technique
technique; art; skill; move
a set of three bouts; three-game match; three-bout contest