intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
water and moon; the Moon reflected on the water; pit of the stomach; solar plexus
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
as; because; with; due to
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
don't let your guard down; carelessness is the great enemy; danger comes soonest when it is despised
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
perfection; thoroughness; consummation
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
gossip; corner of the mouth
everyday articles which have come to be regarded as folk art
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to project a shadow; to cast a shadow
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion
several times; several degrees
to lie down; to throw oneself down
switching over to; migration; transition
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
wide difference; a world of difference
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied