to pay attention; to be watchful
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
book; volume; this; present; main; head
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
price; cost; value; worth; value
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
correction; rectification; mending; repair
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
in proportion to; just as much as
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
stepwise; one step at a time
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
fixed value; constant value
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
ten; 10; ten years of age
second (unit of time); arc second
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
GI (soldier in the US Army); G.I.
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)