securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to say (something) over one's shoulder
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to raise one's voice; to shout
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to put one's strength into
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo