to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound
innocent; blameless; guiltless
common people; ordinary people; masses
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
arm disability; someone with disabled arms
to run up to; to rush over
to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
putting a criminal to death; punishment by execution; death penalty
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
animal realm; unforgivable action; indefensible lifestyle; incest
trembling from fear; trembling all over
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
room for confining criminals or lunatics (Edo period)
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
tedious; lengthy; wordy; long-winded
to grow up; to become an adult
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
suddenly (e.g. falling, weakening, etc.); sharply; with a jerk
(smelling) strongly; pungently; reeking
sword for self-defense; sword for self-defence
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
being a mystery (due to conflicting testimony); being unknown; (lit.) in a grove