fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to knock down; to knock off
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
condition; situation; prospects
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
rear right; back right; right and behind
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
to hit hard; to strike hard
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)