securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
instant; moment; for an instant
grasp; catch; understanding
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
beginning; outset; first; onset
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
second (unit of time); arc second
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
chair; stool; post; office; position
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
thought; consideration; thinking
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
advance; moving forward; progress
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to move forward; to move on
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to bury; to embed; to implant
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance