to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
racing (of an engine); idling; going in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels; going nowhere
sudden; lightning; immediate; shocking
glass float; ball in flight (soccer)
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
stairs; stairway; staircase
short joke; quick one-liner
acrobatics; risky undertaking
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
breaking ball (pitch); curve ball; screwball
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
human kindness; human weakness
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
sham battle; mock battle; dry run; military exercise; war game
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
being cleared (of doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect