front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
putting into operation; invocation
unbleached cloth; unbleached colour (color); unbleached; undyed
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
flash (of light); glint; schiller
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
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)
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
admiration; wonder; astonishment
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
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 raise one's voice; to shout
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner