circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
healthy; sound; wholesome
pupil; student; schoolchild
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
length of a blade; walking barefoot on the edge of a sword blade (acrobatic stunt)
something unusual; something odd; something out of the ordinary
beyond that point; after that
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
special training; intensive training; crash course
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
decisive battle of brief duration
grasping the present situation; having an accurate grasp of the situation
taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather
chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to carry around; to carry on one's person
to think constantly about; to dwell on
necessary expenses; due charges; tax deductible expenses
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
grip (of hand); grip strength
corridor; hallway; passageway
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
to avenge oneself; to settle a score; to take revenge
to stand under a waterfall (as spiritual training)
meditation; contemplation
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to tell (on someone); to tattle; to snitch
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade