chink in the armor (armour)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to tighten; to press hard
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to jar; to creak; to grate
both hands; both arms; ten
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
in spite of; regardless of
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
scattering (e.g. in statistics); scatter; dispersion; variation
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
beyond that point; after that
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how