indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
forbidden move (sumo, shogi, go, etc.); prohibited move; foul
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to tighten; to press hard
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
practice; practising; experience
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
discrimination; discernment; identification
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
natural; reasonable; understandable
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to lose sight of; to miss
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to push through (a crowd, vegetation, etc.)
fresh wound; fresh bruise