gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
urgency; exigency; emergency
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m
full throttle; full power
torture to death; torment to death
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
throw; throwing; throwing event
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
fortune-telling; divination
signature phrase; signature saying
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
portrait orientation; vertical orientation