step; stride; counter for steps
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
tool; implement; means; furniture
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
personality; character; individuality; personhood
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
(social) position; status
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to solicit; to demand; to extort
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
pale; pallid; bluish-white
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
control; check; restraint; inhibition
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
at the last moment; this late in the game
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep