getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
way out; means to escape; escape route
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
opposite side; opposition
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
dealing with; coping with
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air); to form an arc
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to rain incessantly; to downpour
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
in succession; one by one
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
to make an appearance; to show up
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
if so; in that case; in that situation
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light