imposing stance; daunting pose
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
risky; dangerous; insecure
jumping the gun; premature action; omen; portent; first produce of the season (vegetables, fish, etc.); herald; runner sent ahead to announce one's lord's arrival (Muromachi and Edo periods)
to surface; to rise to the surface
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
connection; linking; joining; coupling; attaching; junction
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
quick change (of costume); quick transformation; turning suddenly into; (sudden) metamorphosis
shooting down (an aircraft)
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.); batting; stroke
in name and in reality; nominally and virtually; form and contents
to become clear; to be made public
lacking the words to say what one means
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
fast asleep; dead to the world
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
if so; in that case; then
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to mislead; to misguide; to do accidentally; to do by mistake
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
dust; mine dust; mineral dust; airborne particles; fine powder; particulate matter
pouring all one's efforts into a single issue (goal, etc.); focusing entirely on one objective; single-minded approach; concentrated all-out effort; targeted strike
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
single flower; one wheel; full moon
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
sense of orientation; sense of direction
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front