under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
one's chance; the right time; target; objective
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
to wind (thread, film, etc.)
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
hard struggle; strenuous effort
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
point in common; common feature
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
devoted; self-sacrificing
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to need; to demand; to take; to require