to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to look away; to turn away
rustling; refreshing; clearly
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to cry and shout; to scream
feeling one gets from listening to something
wildcard (in hanafuda); storm card; gaji (term used in Hawaii); extra card (in hanafuda, kabufuda, etc.; sometimes depicting an ogre); joker; blank card
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
bust-waist-hip measurements; vital statistics
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
to thrust away; to send flying
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
terrible luck; very bad luck
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
after a long time; for the first time in a while