to lose one's footing; to slip
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
how long; how far; how much
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
strength; power; proficiency; ability
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
worst; worst-case (scenario)
dealing with; coping with
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
broad-rimmed topless cap worn (esp. by young children) to prevent shampoo getting into one's eyes
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
dispersion; separation; scattering; breakup
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
constriction; narrow part (in middle); waist (esp. of a woman)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
fascinate; bewitch; enchant
open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
region; limits; stage; level
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization
including ...; inclusive of ...; bundling together (items of different size, quality, etc.); lumping together; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second
to shout (in anger); to yell
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
love affair; sensual pleasures
mating season; estrus (oestrus); estrum; the rut
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem