towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
close-cropped head; shaven head; being treeless (of a mountain, hill, etc.); being leafless (of a tree, shrub, etc.); being bald
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to make a lasting impression
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to flirt (with; a man); to make eyes (at)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
big and brawny; well built; gigantic
murder; killing; murderer
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
blithering idiot; bloody fool; total moron; dimwit
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
unconditionally; as a rule
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
remainder; the rest; what is left
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind