the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
looking away; looking aside
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
practice; practising; experience
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
creation; Creation (by God)
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
huge; enormous; great big
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to distract a person's attention
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to pass (of time); to elapse
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
dive (e.g. into water); (underwater) diving; dive (of an aircraft)
headfirst slide; head-first sliding
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
to become dim; to become blurred
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)