reserve; reticence; unfriendliness; estrangement
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
hostility; animosity; enmity
those (near the second person)
appearance; expression; manifestation
to aggravate; to make serious
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
still (continuing); as ever; further
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
stepping back; drawing back
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to shake; to sway; to waver
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
sphere; counter for balls
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
to take a breath; to take a short rest
strong interaction; strong force
spirit world; underworld; the next world
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently