grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to give directions; to issue instructions
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
to knock down; to knock off
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
long ago; already; a long time ago
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
final chapter; last chapter; last section (of a book, essay, song etc.); epilogue
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
firmly; solidly; heartily
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere