response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
difficult to ...; hard to ...
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to put one's strength into
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
flash (of light); glint; schiller
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels