ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
while; even though; despite
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
offense and defense; offence and defence
both (people); the two of them
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
fireball; bolide; fireball
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)
else; in addition; besides
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
continuation; succession; series; continuous
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
flames produced by an explosion; explosive flames
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
here and there; in places
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)