to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
such a thing; something like that
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
putting into operation; invocation
probability; likelihood; chances
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to bring to light; to expose (to the world)
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to gain; to get