hit point (videogame); health point; life bar; HP
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
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
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
step; stride; counter for steps
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to knock down; to knock off
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to make somebody lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
to be mad about; to be hooked on