to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
firm; strong; solid; stable
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
single; simple; sole; individual; unitary
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
finishing writing, work, etc. at a stroke (stretch); knocking something off without a break
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
sword skills; swordsmanship
gazing at (in wonderment)
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
to regret bitterly; to be very sorry (for); (lit.) to bite one's navel
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
body and soul; mind and body
inner structure; internal anatomy
felt hat; fedora; stopping in the middle; being interrupted in the middle; prematurely going soft during intercourse
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
(for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy; (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy
a glow; heat; burning sensation; hot flash
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject