to apply pressure to; to press
to suck (or draw) out; to aspirate
reduction by half; halving
to become inverted; to become reversed
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to put on airs; to assume importance
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
protuberance; protruding object; umbo
patagium (vertebrate flying or gliding membrane)
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to comfort; to console; to amuse
(one's) quota; assignment
payment by installments; payment by instalments; hire-purchase
falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment; default; delinquency
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
close quarters combat; CQC
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to live; to make a living; to get on with
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
rating; classification; allocation; grading
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
another time; some other time
calm; composed; cool; quiet
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to become clear; to be made public