to finish reading; to read through
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to sink (into); to get depressed
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to pause; to have a short intermission
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to collapse into; to flop onto
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
lightly; easily; carelessly
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
pure; true; genuine; unmixed