companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
innumerable; countless; numberless
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
way out; means to escape; escape route
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
company; group; class; troop; rank; file
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)