at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; wide open; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
hybrid; crossbreed; mongrel
fighting spirit; battle aura; combative spirit
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
four (long cylindrical things)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to become pale; to turn pale
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
technique; art; skill; move
shukuchi (rapid movement techniques); shortening distances
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
plump; with a thud; heavily