refinement; narrowing-down
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
lower region; lower part; region below
bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
demilitarization; demilitarisation; demilitarized; demilitarised; unarmed
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
front; frontage; facade; main
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
dealing with; coping with
to do someone in; to bump someone off
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
eye measurement; measure with eye
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!