opening in front (clothing)
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
extreme modification (esp. of cars or toy figurines)
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
bedside; near one's pillow
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to loosen one's sword slightly in the scabbard
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown