to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to be bad for health; to affect one's health
cease-fire; truce; armistice
while; even though; despite
arm; skill; efforts; ability
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
pair; the two; both persons; both things
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
very young; little; childish; immature
one day; (on) a certain day