loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
curl (on a rolled poster, etc.)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
two (long cylindrical things)
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
one thin flat object; one sheet
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
one end; an end; part; fragment
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
substantial matter; significant item
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
thereupon; shortly thereafter
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
offensive (movement); aggression
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
destruction; collapse; crumbling
water vapour; water vapor; steam
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
endurance; perseverance; patience
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm
intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving