to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
corridor; hallway; passageway
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
middle; center; heart; midst (e.g. of a storm); peak (e.g. of a season); (the) height (of something)
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
scrap (metal); clipping (from a newspaper, magazine, etc.); cutting; scrapbook
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
four (long cylindrical things)
mask; disguise; guise; mask
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to jar; to creak; to grate
asymmetry; dissymmetry; unsymmetry
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to encourage someone to expect something; to raise someone's hopes
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
eight-tenths; ostracism; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
restoration; repair; mending
invisibly; secretly; privately
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
indifferently; paying no attention (to); taking no notice (of)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to mind; to care; to worry
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback