pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
casualties; injuries and deaths
serious wound; serious injury
future (usually near); prospects
before it happens; previously
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
ultramarine colour (color)
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to indicate; to show; to point to
incineration; destroy by fire
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
polygon; -gon; Japanese rectangular envelope (opening on the short side)
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
of all people; a person of ...'s standing