bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
arm; skill; efforts; ability
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
superiority complex; sense of superiority
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
craft brings nothing home; (lit.) the crafty schemer drowns in his own scheme
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
difficult to approach; inaccessible
to be intimate with; to befriend
whispering; murmuring; subdued
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
advisory level; warning level
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
art of self-defense (defence)
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
region; limits; stage; level
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar