to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting); vital point
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along
without trouble; easily; readily
much less; to say nothing of
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
in proportion to; just as much as
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
existence; being; life; survival
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
serious; severe; grave; acute
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
raging fire; conflagration
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
one's dominant hand; person of ability; skilled person; master-hand
short distance; close range
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater)
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
safety zone; traffic island
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)