to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection
empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air); to form an arc
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
scratch; chip; flaw; fault; shame; disgrace
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
embodiment; realization; materialization
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
(in) the air; midair; sky
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
thunderous roar; roaring sound
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
the big two ...; two major ...; two main ...
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
to collapse; to flop (onto)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to be born; to come into the world
to be on a (completely) different level; to be on a different scale; to be in a different league; to be of a different order of magnitude; to stand no comparison
body build; physique; frame