trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
individual; private person; personal; natural person
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
online; on the line (of a ball; in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to push aside; to brush aside
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
writing; composition; essay; sentence
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up