gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
opposite; reverse; contrary
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
conversely; on the contrary
momentum; amount of exercise
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
one's own thing; thing held in one's hand(s); one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
being addicted to; being wholly absorbed by; falling ill; becoming sick
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to apologize; to apologise
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
polite; respectful; reverent
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag