point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to jar; to creak; to grate
dripping; trickling; wet and heavy (snow, clay, etc.); (arch.) (moving) slowly
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; wide open; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
(opening of a) wound; cut
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to be able to manage somehow or other
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to have a chill run down one's spine
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
eardrum; tympanic membrane
losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself
all (that one has); all (that there is); everything; as much as possible; as much as one can; to the utmost
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
windless; calm; no-wind; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable