breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
power; might; authority; influence
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
KGB (Soviet Union intelligence agency)
intelligence operative; spy
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
completion; perfection; accomplishment
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
abduction and confinement (esp. unlawful)
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
build; physique; frame; constitution
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
martial arts; military arts; wushu (Chinese martial art)
greater than ...; bigger ...
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
soft; weak; fragile; poorly built; insubstantial
strength; toughness; bravery; boldness
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
if it is (the case that ...)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle