to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
surgical method; operative method; surgical technique; technique; mechanism of a jutsu
to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
intercept; interception; counter-attack
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
scratch; graze; scrape; abrasion
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
danger; peril; hazard; risk
absorption; suction; attraction
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
specialization; specialisation
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration