hair loss; hair removal; epilation; depilation
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
full length; total length; overall length
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
right (in front); directly; properly; normally; honestly; decently
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
neck; throat; vital part; weak point
foxes and tanuki; sly fellow; deceiver
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
scattering (in all directions)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
abrasion; scrape; graze; paratripsis
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into