to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
guidance; leadership; leading the way
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
protective wall; defensive wall; barrier; bulwark
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
through a wall; on the other side of a wall
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
detour; circumvention; turning movement
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
Everyone is safe (all right)
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
gigantic statue; colossus; huge image
to hit hard; to strike hard
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
beautiful woman; beauty; belle
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
androgynous; gender-neutral
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
double-edged (e.g. sword blade); double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife); double-edged blade
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
vise; vice; capstan; windlass; cargo net
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
to crack; to get cracked; to develop a crack; to develop a fissure
block (of wood); chip; splinter
figure; body shape; build; physique; form
(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
mastery; skillfulness; dexterity; master hand; expert
to correct oneself; to restate
witnessing; observing; sighting
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling