slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
International System of Units; SI
extra-large (clothing size); XL; language laboratory; LL
industrial engineering; IE
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
victim; injured party; sufferer
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
question; inquiry; enquiry
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
to take responsibility for; to take the blame for
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
bipedal walking; walking on two legs