strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
wavelike; in waves; undulation
dozens; scores of; decades
counter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins); counter for palanquins, rickshaws, and similar vehicles
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
to fly around; to scatter
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
uncool; lame; unfashionable; unstylish; tacky; tasteless
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to harbor suspicion; to harbour suspicion
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
messenger; envoy; emissary
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) chanting the nembutsu into a horse's ear
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)