(primarily in shogi or go) response; countermeasure; counter-measure
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
flash (of light); glint; schiller
symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity
tall figure; high stature
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled
to begin shooting; to shoot out
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
power; might; authority; influence
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
only; merely; but; no more than
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
loud laughter (esp. by a group of people); roar of laughter; raucous laughter
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill