to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
program board (concert, theatrical production); act-announcement sheets; mekuri karuta
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
backwater; (arch.) standing with one's back to water (river, lake, etc.)
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
semifinal game of a tournament
strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch
to like; to love; to be fond of
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
almost; roughly; approximately
head start; initiative; preemption
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
incident; affair; happening; event
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
opening fully; full throttle; full power
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
spirit; heart; disposition
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)
(one's) beloved car (or motorcycle, bicycle, etc.); (one's) wheels
site; point on a map; spot
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
case (of a machine, computer, etc.); casing; housing; enclosure; cabinet; chassis
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
manly; masculine; like a man
this (very thing); this precisely
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start