the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to fly apart; to tower over; to be out of the ordinary
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
article (in a document); clause; counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; although; though; since
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
accumulation; accumulate; store
octagon; star anise (Illicium verum); sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)
bright red; crimson lotus flower
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
white heat; incandescence; (emitting) white light; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to refuse; to decline; to deny
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
magic bullet; magic bullets
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
about this time; about now
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to find someone's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release