to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
bank; weir; embankment; levee
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
summertime; summer season
river; stream; River; the ... river
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier
upper half of the body; upper body
the place for; the time for; the level of
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
left breast; left side of the chest
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
control; check; restraint; inhibition
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to look away; to avert one's eyes
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway