striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
instant; moment; for an instant
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
sweeping sideways; mowing down
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
immediately; right away; on the spot
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
genuine article; real thing; real deal
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that