to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
sense of rhythm; rhythmical sense
driving; pounding in; falling badly in love; putting (one's heart) into; step recording (in electronic or computer music)
(being moved) deeply; (feeling) profoundly; (going) straight to one's heart; going numb; stinging (pain)
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
feeling sick; feeling nauseous; feeling unwell; feeling displeased; feeling offended; feeling irritated
hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
around the clock; day and night
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
a moment; a minute; an instant; stubborn; obstinate
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail
distortion; falsification; perversion
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
bending; warping; flexibility; pliability
repellent force; resiliency; elasticity
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
rapid firing; continuous firing; firing in quick succession
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
iron sight (on a gun, etc.)
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
to nock (an arrow); to fix an arrow to the string
archery; mapping; map; morphism