to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
with these words; while saying
putting one's hands behind one's back; having one's hands behind one's back; behind; rear; back
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
among these; between these; of these
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
establishment; settlement
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
along; parallel to; in accordance with
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
the very best; excellent; superb
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
complete; whole; perfect; safe
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large