interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
casting off; casting away
to collect; to assemble; to gather
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
acceleration; speeding up
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
declaration; proclamation; announcement
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
chorus; singing in a chorus
to join together; to combine; to join up
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to join together; to combine; to join up
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
in the same way as; just like
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
companion; company; tritagonist
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
admiration and devotion; hearty submission
dictation; verbal statement
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
to record for transmission to posterity