training (animals); breaking (animals)
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to have something to do with; to be concerned with; to have a connection with; to become involved in (something negative); to become entangled in; to get mixed up in
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
wild; rough; unrefined; unpolished; rugged; tough
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
big man; large man; tall man; giant
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
front kick (esp. martial arts)
step; stride; counter for steps
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
to appear to regret (an outcome, etc.); to seem bitter
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
conduct; behavior; behaviour
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
roundhouse kick; turning kick
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; wide open; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
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