to cut corners; to be shoddy
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
absorption; suction; attraction
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
violent emotion; passion; fury
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to tear off; to strip; to rob
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to make a self-satisfied face; to look smug
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic