to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
twice; again; second time
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
lower region; lower part; region below
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
(someone else's) daughter
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
leg; leg portion; foot (of a page)
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
examination (exam) questions; questions for an examination
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
master; teacher; stable master
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
every evening; every night
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
leaving school during a term
quitting while one is ahead
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined