suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)
about here; in this neighborhood
fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
charging (at the enemy) with a shout; rush; rushing (an activity); working at full speed; penetration; piercing
smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick
back-to-back; facing in opposite directions; two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable); on bad terms; at odds
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
(providing) covering fire; supporting (someone in a debate, dispute, etc.); backing (someone) up
very loud volume; megavolume
film, play, novel, etc. with parallel storylines focusing on different characters; multiprotagonist story; multi-POV story
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to beat time; to mark time
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
class-A; A class; A grade
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; noob; weak player
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
war situation; progress of a battle
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
using all one's strength; using all one's might
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin); to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against