to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
from the viewpoint of; according to
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
a short while ago; just now; already; for a long time
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
creation; generation; formation; derivation
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
high efficiency; high performance
to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery)
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to be injured; to sustain a wound
accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
death and injury; being killed or injured
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
adjoining each other; next to each other; being in close proximity to something; being constantly exposed to (danger, etc.)
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
motive power; driving force