to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
Prisma (satellite project)
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to be at a loss for words
to escape from; to get out
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to blow off; to be blown off
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
right (to do something); authority; power
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass