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 jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
distinction; differentiation; classification
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
head; lead; vanguard; first
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
this for sure; certainly is
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)