gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
ramification; branching off
main; principal; chief; primary; major
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
to begin shooting; to shoot out
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
fireball; bolide; fireball
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
with no effort at all; easily
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase; follow-up attack
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
no way to do; nothing can be done
violent explosion; bursting
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
decider; person who decides; decisive factor; clincher; key
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
consumption; expenditure; spending
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
unusual occurrence; variation; mutation
to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...