to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to be a matter of life or death
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
now that; since; as long as; provided that
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
gossip; corner of the mouth