to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of charge); freelance; independent; freelancer; one-size-fits-all; free skating
color; colour; color; character; coloring (one's hair); dyeing
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
breath; breathing; bracelet
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
intensive; concentrated; focused
trouble; bother; number of moves; number of punches; number of liberties
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
close call; narrow escape
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
highly unpredictable; touch and go
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)