to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
distaste; unsavoriness; unsavouriness
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
inside; interior; inner part
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to squash; to crush; to flatten
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
but; however; even though; even if
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
rewinding (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
to knock down; to knock off
to dance; to perform dance steps
to be injured; to sustain a wound
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest