moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
urban area; urban district
very great; enormous; serious
to be damaged; to receive damage
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
scale; scope; plan; structure
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
back-to-back; facing in opposite directions; two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable); on bad terms; at odds
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to ring (a bell); to strike (a gong, drum, etc.); to beat; to sound
spider's thread; spider silk
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
separate; respective; different
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
violent explosion; bursting
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely
large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)
aggressiveness; aggression
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
combustibility; inflammability; combustible; inflammable
rapid succession (e.g. questions)