refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
spirit; heart; disposition
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; (lit.) to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
flash (of light); glint; swift strike; quick decisive move