to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
rate; ratio; percentage; commission; poundage; percentage
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
innumerable; countless; numberless
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
bank; weir; embankment; levee
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
line-spacing in text; (fig.) between the lines
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
swimming area (in the ocean); swimming beach; seawater baths
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
precipice; cliff; flat head
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase