to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
finishing blow; coup de grâce
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
to find out; to discover; to locate
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
surely (not); certainly (not)
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth