to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to sustain a serious wound
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
safety; welfare; well-being
to cause someone to worry
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
trusting too much; overestimating ability
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
function; facility; faculty; feature
atrocity; (arch.) treason
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
funny story; funny anecdote
extermination; annihilation
to come to an end; to close the curtain
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to notify; to advise; to inform
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued