encumbrance; burden; drag
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
living thing; living creature; animal; life
guarding; guard; railway bridge (over a road); (railroad) overpass; flyover
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
several shots; several blows
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
to pitch forward; to fall forward
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
visual confirmation; sighting
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to triumph; to be elated with success
to walk away; to walk off
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to pretend; to act (as if)
ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; walking in large steps; walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg
hey!; over here!; OK; gotcha; yep