to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to say too much; to go too far
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to be worried; to be troubled
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
steady advance; carrying all before one
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to unfold; to unroll; to open
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
creation; Creation (by God)
hand net; dip net; scoop net
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
highest grade; superlative degree
to show up; to appear; to turn up
specialization; specialisation
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed