a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
place; room; margin; scope
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
perfect; complete; flawless
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
amount of light; quantity of light
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
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
to stay calm; to keep cool
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
ringing; throbbing violently
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on