once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
cease-fire; truce; armistice
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
this and that; various things
perception; sensation; awareness
acceleration; speeding up
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
arrangement; disposition; array (programming)
sphere; circle; range; category
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
within; inside of; less than
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
change; alteration; modification
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
intercept; interception; counter-attack
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)