slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to keep away; to keep at a distance
to try to do; to attempt to do
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
slow motion (video); moving slowly; moving leisurely
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.; thin rectangle
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper