drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
rest; break; recess; intermission
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
to inspect; to examine; to check; to elapse; to pass (time)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
minute adjustment; fine-tuning
preservation; retainment; keeping
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
course; route; path; process; stages
to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
kenpō practitioner; martial artist (esp. of hand-to-hand combat)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
one theory; one opinion; another theory
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out