acting ability; talent as a performer
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
leaving a matter to chance
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
tipsy; pleasantly drunk; mellow; entranced; enchanted; captivated
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback