bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
stillness; repose; standing still
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
colorless and transparent
to rain incessantly; to downpour
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
particularly; only; in the case of
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
using as an intermediary; through
being struck by lightning; torpedo attack
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger