ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
most part; greater part; majority
(making, launching) concentrated attack (on, against)
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
usually; under usual circumstances
cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up
(wireless) transceiver; radio; walkie-talkie
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
spelling; orthography; file; pad; bundle
straight-laced person; stubborn person
unable to resist; unable to suppress
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
scoundrel; rascal; villain
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously