nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
then; well; so; well then
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
decorative plate; palette; pallet
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to move around; to move about; to get around
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
restlessly; in continuous motion
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
hair (on the head); (a) hair
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
place; position; location; position; standing; status
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
total amount (of money); total sum; sum total
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out