to step firmly; to harden by treading
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
(how) many times; (how) often
temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
hand used like a sword in striking
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
runs batted in; RBI; position of a ball when struck (e.g. in tennis, volleyball)
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
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
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
to fight to the bitter end
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over