brush (for painting, basting, etc.)
spurt of blood; hot-bloodedness; hot blood; ardour
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at; frowning down upon; domineering with a coercive look
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
strangling (to death); strangulation
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw one's head (or shoulders) back; to throw out one's chest
boomerang; swim briefs; Speedos
outlining (e.g. font); hollowing out; getting rid of the middleman; dealing directly; skinning the cat (gymnastics); passing business to a subcontractor and collecting a kickback
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
game; match; contest; competition; sport; (sporting) event
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
slack; slackening; sagginess; dullness; letdown; depression