tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
trance; ecstasy; enthusiasm
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
busy; having no (free) time
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
top of the foot; instep; dorsum of the foot; dorsum pedis
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
on the occasion of; at the time of
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
to understand everything from only one part; to be perceptive; to be quick to understand; to be quick on the uptake
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
horse gait; way of walking (e.g. in martial arts, etc.)
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
aptitude; aptness; suitability
external (hard drive, disk drive, etc.)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
trivial; not amounting to much
mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird