martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
match; game; bout; contest
fox with supernatural powers
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
pair; the two; both persons; both things
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer