sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to meet all three important conditions; to be a triple threat; to be ideal
article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
muscle fiber; muscle fibre
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
spine; backbone; spinal column
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
order of chivalry; chivalric order
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
forcibly; against one's will
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation; front left; front and left
to beat to death; to kill
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)