gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
brat; greenhorn; novice; green youth; child
scoundrel; rascal; villain
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
vice; immorality; corruption
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
flour; meal; powder; dust
sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to leap back; to jump back
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
at once; immediately; right now
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
make-up; get-up; disguise; costume
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
to fall on one's backside
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
ectogenesis; outside the body
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith