both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
(railway) sleeper; (railroad) tie; crosstie
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
shorthanded; understaffed
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
progress; advance; making (good) progress
a little; a few; small; slight; trifling; insignificant
to run up to; to rush over
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
one's carriage; one's demeanor; agility; body movements
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to shake off; to throw off
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
fainting; losing consciousness; passing out; syncope
the whole body; all one's (strength, anger, spirit, etc.)
warehouseman; storekeeper
to jar; to creak; to grate
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
three parts; three copies
grotesque; disgusting; gross
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
disliking; having an antipathy to
affected part; diseased part; wound