to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
viewpoint; point of view; way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight
craving for the limelight
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
border (pattern); stripes; border; boundary; border; edge
earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)
timewasting; killing time
winning by an ippon; winning by a point
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
one's best interests; one's own good
chain reaction; nuclear chain reaction
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
to turn against; to become an enemy
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
curtain; hanging; bunting
fine split (e.g. in wood); hangnail
string instrument; stringed instrument