a hand / a handle, grip / a paw, foreleg / a way of acting, means / (board games) a move, play

tight / reliable

stable, fulfilled

be fast, securely in place / be reliable, level-headed / keep going, keep trying

fast (in a firm or secure manner), tightly / surely, unwaveringly, steadily, reliably

grip; hold

to grasp, to grip, to hold / to seize, to take hold of / to make (nigirizushi, riceball, etc...); to press into shape

grip

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend