break in time; interruption; pause
slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy
to decorate; to prettify; to attach a decorative sticker, cover, bauble, etc. to a cell phone, notebook, slippers, etc.
(standing) straight; (extending) flatly; with a snap; abruptly; sticking into (with a quick motion); attaching
sea of blood; pool of blood
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
excellent answer; clever answer
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
to fight each other; to clash
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight
to peel off and fall; to flake away
crown (of a watch); stem; canon (of a bell); something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
to mind; to care; to worry
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
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
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips