wooden joint; wood joinery; kumite; sparring; yotsu-gumi clinch; mutual grappling hold; grip
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
to complete decisively; to do to completion
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
true state; actual condition; reality
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to strike a chord; to tug at one's heartstrings; to resonate
sheltered upbringing; person who has had a sheltered upbringing; (lit.) hothouse upbringing
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
transient (symptom, phenomenon); temporary; passing; fleeting
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
(having) two choices; choice between two things
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
of all things (people, places, days, etc.)
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
to sob; to never stop crying; to cry on and on
while; although; (but) at the same time; on the other hand; half the face; profile
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to hold fast; to protect to the end
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
to throw oneself (into an activity)
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
to long (for); to yearn (for); to love ardently; to do eagerly; to do with restless anticipation
lung capacity; breathing capacity; vital capacity
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; spoiling; ruining
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)