firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
established practice; custom
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
truancy; school non-attendance
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to change completely; to change suddenly
feeling a sudden chill; feeling a shiver; feeling sudden surprise (fright, horror, etc.); shuddering
to blow out; to spout out
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
chicken-hearted; lily-livered; cowardly
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony