performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
starting line (in a race); start line; starting point
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
at a stroke; with a single swoop
sharp-edged tool; sharp weapon; convenience; facility; superior talent; outstanding ability
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
amplification; magnification; amplification; making larger
absent-mindedly; absently; idly; blankly; vacantly
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
using all one's strength; using all one's might
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
to scuttle off; to take flight
to strangle; to constrict
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
posture; position; stance
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
freely; right and left; as one pleases
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
support; backing; aid; assistance
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
perfection; thoroughness; consummation
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
to impose a punishment (on); to punish
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
opening and shutting; opening and closing
to make an appeal (to the public); to rally (people) to one's cause; to call to action; to spur on; to fire (someone) up; to rally (troops, employees, etc.)
handsome man; sexy man; lady-killer; (male) lover
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.); discipline; solidarity
great difference; major mistake
touchstone (assaying tool); touchstone (e.g. of success); test; litmus test