closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
magical; sorcerous; incantatory
body; physical system; (the) person
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
continuation; succession; series; continuous
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
momentum; amount of exercise
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
pressure from an explosion; blast pressure; shock wave
leopard (Panthera pardus)
end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
teacher; instructor; professor
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
objection; dissent; protest
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
practice; practising; training; study
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
(on the) sea; surface of the sea
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
resignation; acceptance; consolation
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
somehow; for some reason or other
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)