streamline shape; aerodynamic shape
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
cover; mantle; shroud; hood
to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
glove (esp. sports); globe
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
supply; provision; raising; procurement
to renew; to replace; to change for; to attach anew
systematic; regular; routine
nether region; between the legs; groin; crotch
sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; -ass
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
shin guards; shin pads; greaves; leggings
leather; leather-bound; leathern
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
(good or bad) feel when wearing something
crimping; pressure bonding
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort