middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
threat; intimidation; menace
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to like; to love; to be fond of
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
to put one's strength into
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
something; some kind of; for some reason
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; knowing; pregnant (pause)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
joint; link; knot; tie-together point
rustling of leaves; rustling of grass
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
won (currency of North Korea and South Korea)
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
licking; dead drunk; blind drunk
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
pilling; lint; furball; hairball; trichobezoar
to push aside; to brush aside
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily