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plural sukis
In some Asian cultures, a favored customer, a regular who receives preferential treatment. quotations examples
Near the opposite end of the suki continuum, the "subjective" pole, are special suki.
1973, William G. Davis, Social Relations in a Philippine Market: Self-interest and Subjectivity, page 230
Frequent buyers in a particular store become the suki, so that with this kind of a relationship, the marketgoer gets an extra treat, like obtaining more tomatoes for the price of a kilo.
2007, Isabel S. Panopio, Realidad Santico Rolda, Society & Culture, page 216
The suki relationship in the Philippines, a credit/marketing linkage, is often assumed to be exploitative of the fisher.
2011, Robert S. Pomeroy, Neil Andrew, Small-scale Fisheries Management, page 169
(martial arts) An opening to the enemy; a weak spot that provides an advantage for one's opponent. quotations examples
This gluing is "stoppage," and every stoppage means giving an advantage to the enemy, which is a suki.
1959, Daisetz Teitarō Suzuki, Zen and Japanese culture, page 143
When you receive a strike, it is because there is a suki. Your opponent draws your attention to your weak spots, and you endeavor to ensure that you do not receive a strike in the same place again.
1997, Hiroshi Ozawa, Kendo: The Definitive Guide, page 20
Often, though, a suki to the chest will cause the sword to become lodged between bone and cartilage making it very difficult to quickly remove.
2006, Kevin L. Seiler, Donald J. Seller, Karate-do, page 61