self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
(with) a flash of a drawn sword; brandishing a sword
common front; united front
pretending to know; claiming to have an answer
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
to fill a hole with earth
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
directions; instructions; orders; command
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
chaps (in the skin); cracks
(dead) body; corpse; remains
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
in its entirety; whole; wholly
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
thread (of execution); thread (on an Internet forum, mailing list, etc.); topic; conversation
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
to knead well; to polish; to refine
interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue
to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
boundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
invitation; bringing over; bringing about; giving rise to; causing
worst; worst-case (scenario)
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
castle; citadel; fortress; castle walls; enclosure
peacefully (sleeping); quietly; soundly
natural; inborn; innate; inherent; characteristic
area; region; district; locality
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
after a bath; after taking a bath; large towel used after taking a bath; yukata worn after taking a bath