simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
confusion; distraction; derangement
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
to push aside; to brush aside
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
order (for goods or services); order (sequence); order (of magnitude); order
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
as expected; as predicted
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
defense (esp. in sports); defence
conscious; deliberate; intentional
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to move forward; to move on
application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)
6-shaku-long wooden pole (traditionally used for self-defence, capturing lawbreakers, etc.); carrying pole; shoulder pole
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)