common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.); batting; stroke
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
outward appearance; looks
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
world; society; people; the public
one hundred-thousandth; sudden; abrupt; unexpected
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
it's no joke; gimme a break!
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
that's the way it is; such is life
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
messy; confused; chaotic; in a nagging manner; (complaining) about various things
advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
battlefield; battleground
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity; one's monopoly
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
without a moment's delay; at once; immediately; instantly; promptly; without hesitation
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice