lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
stamp (in Chinese martial arts); stomp
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
candy fashioned in human and animal forms; deceptive appearance; all show; empty suit
to thrust away; to send flying
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world; to settle down (e.g. in one location)
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to be chipped; to be nicked
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
to have a nosebleed; to bleed at the nose
trunk (of the body); soma
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.); losing momentum; loss of efficiency
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
toothpick; skewer (used to cut and hold sweets served at a tea ceremony); toothbrush (orig. made from a thin willow branch frayed at one end)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
exploitation; overuse; abuse
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block