sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
pair; the two; both persons; both things
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence; clear and unclouded feel (e.g. of a voice, skin, etc.); bright and limpid impression; transparency (of a process, activity, etc.); clarity of how things work
olive green; greenish brown
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
feeler; tentacle; antenna; touching (with one's hand); feeling; sensing
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
acid; sourness; sour taste
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
in accordance with; according to
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
confidence; trust; faith; credit
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
go on!; right!; here goes!
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else