provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
scrap; (small) piece; unimportant (person); petty ...; humble ...
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
complicated and mysterious
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
economical; efficient; lean; compact
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled
to affect; to impact; to influence
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
one by one; one each; one at a time
to faint; to lose consciousness; to be in a daze; to feel overwhelmed; to feel exhausted
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
avalanche of earth and rocks; debris flow; mudslide; landslide
to wash away; to sweep away; to carry away
billiards; pool; snooker; cue sports
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back
a second time; again; once more; twice
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to lose sight of; to miss
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
progress; advance; making (good) progress
desperately; for one's dear life
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
unprecedented; never seen before
deep, threatening voice; menacing tone
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting