arm; skill; efforts; ability
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
botanical; vegetable; vegetal; vegetative
material; substance; matter
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
obese body; corpulent physique
big man; large man; tall man; giant