branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
so; like this; in this way
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
flash (of light); glint; schiller
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
severe earthquake; violent tremor
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to some extent; to a certain extent
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes