interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to unfold; to unroll; to open
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
close contest; close match; close game; close combat
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
in a day; in a brief space of time
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
high spirits; high energy; go!; go-man-go!; fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman); flashy
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
sweeping sideways; mowing down
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
trembling from fear; trembling all over
to examine someone's expression
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
utmost limits; extremity; limit
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined