sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
(muscular) explosiveness; explosive power; instantaneous force; quick responsiveness; instantaneity
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
to stick it out (until the end)
pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to stop walking; to pause
interruption; suspension; break
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
soccer; (association) football; seersucker
forward (position); attacker; forwarding (an email); forward (contract)
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
god of thunder; Raijin (god of thunder)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
cooling; refrigeration; cooling down (of a political conflict, etc.); calming down
rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; mutual overcoming cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood); excessive destructive cycle
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)