to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
somersault; looping-the-loop
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
back side; back end; posterior; rear
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
(right at the) side; just beside
thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
heavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
(with a) slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current