hollow; mid-air; air; sky
combat power; fighting strength
(having) two choices; choice between two things
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
to take on a role; to take part
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
understanding; comprehension
unfortunately; regrettably
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to surge; to well up; to gush out
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
extended game; overtime; extra time; extra innings
unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
serious wound; serious injury
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
academic advisor (e.g. at a university research lab)
overseas dispatch (e.g. of the Japan Self-Defense Forces)
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
hundred; 100; (a great) many
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious