authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting); vital point
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation
iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner
equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around
to hit hard; to strike hard
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
distance; perspective; far and near; here and there
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
major leaguer; major league player
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
Kaitai Shinsho (A New Book on Anatomy; Edo period translation of a Dutch version of a German text)
reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; browsing (to a file or folder)
acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
choice; selection; option
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
a long, long time ago; very long ago
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves