belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
notice; attention; observation
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on
one by one; one after another; successively
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
secret understanding; collusion
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
to rampage; to run wild; to go berserk; to be violent (waves, wind, etc.); to be rough
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
same kind (race); homogeneousness
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces