preservation; retainment; keeping
putting into operation; invocation
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision
to knock down; to knock off
feeling a sudden chill; feeling a shiver; feeling sudden surprise (fright, horror, etc.); shuddering
brave warrior; hero; brave man
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to resound; to reverberate; to make a stir
old wound; scar; unpleasant past experience; painful memory; past misdeed
man; male; masculine gender
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
savage; wild; unruly; to behave roughly; to get wild
slight; little; insignificant
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; in haste
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones; in secret; stealthily
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
hero; bold person; daring person; great person; extraordinary person
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
rotten smell; putrid odor
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
handcuffs; hand shackles; restrictions; restraints
leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to stop walking; to pause
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still