peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
narrow; thin (sized); slender
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to establish; to formulate
just one person; only one
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to lose one's footing; to slip
lower region; lower part; region below
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
serious wound; serious injury
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
armor and helmet (armour)
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
around the world; throughout the world