standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to carry; to bring (to a place)
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
demesne; estate; private land; private property
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
imposing stance; daunting pose
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
classification; categorization; sorting
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
troubled face; worried expression
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
control; check; restraint; inhibition
head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together
over-fond parent; doting parent
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
something wrapped in a furoshiki
one by one; one each; one at a time
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish