ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
acceleration; speeding up
literally; to the letter; literal
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
weight; heavyweight boxer
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
laser; Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
going into battle; departure for the front
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
training; drill; practice; discipline
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
honorific/polite/humble prefix
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane