tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
dilapidated house; deserted house
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
paste (food, text, adhesive, etc.)
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
fire prevention; fire fighting; fire proof
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner); to moon; to point one's naked buttocks at someone; to give somebody the brown-eye
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
last ray of hope; only hope
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
jinx; omen (can be a good omen)
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
vague recollection; faint memory
preface; introduction; preamble
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
human work; human agency; art; artificiality