to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
wooden joint; wood joinery; kumite; sparring; yotsu-gumi clinch; mutual grappling hold; grip
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
looking away; looking aside; outsider's perspective; observer's view
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
self-control; self-restraint
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
(a person's) appearance; looks
living thing; organism; creature; biology
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
judgment; judgement; discernment
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
lower half of the body; nether parts
finishing blow; coup de grâce
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium