form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
combo (esp. a small jazz group); combination; set; combo (set of actions performed in sequence)
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
to give directions; to issue instructions
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
resolute; determined; bold
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
from here; from this place
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
eight (long cylindrical things)
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
spot; point; place; position
discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2); ejection; excretion
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
ultimate; final; last; eventual
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity