vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
opposite side; opposition
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to surge; to well up; to gush out
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
innumerable; countless; numberless
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to make a breakthrough; to break ground
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
please (give me); please (do for me)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with