to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
stability; security; equilibrium
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
acceleration; speeding up
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); monetary offering (or gift) wrapped in paper; twisting throw
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
hail (esp. hailballs 5 mm or greater)
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
advance; moving forward; progress
to turn a somersault; to turn over (topsy-turvy); to turn head over heels
utmost limits; extremity; limit
acrobatics; acrobatic performance; stunt
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to break down (an opponent's defenses); to defeat; to knock out the opponent's pitcher (with consecutive base hits); to break (an established notion); to refute (e.g. a theory)
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
hundred times; hundred degrees
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to drop to one's knees; to sink to one's knees
crawling on all fours; being on all fours; being on one's hands and knees
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)