head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
acceleration; speeding up
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
bowl (ceramic, porcelain); counter for bowls of food or drink
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
something like ...; something called ...
the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
offense and defense; offence and defence
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
to take back; to recapture
adding points; addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause