mass; quality and quantity
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
blow; shock; strike; batting
to take back; to recapture
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
living thing; organism; creature; biology
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
to hit hard; to strike hard
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
clear; precise; definite; distinct
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
hello; good day; good afternoon
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
sense of touch; tactile; haptic; hair style with long bangs
to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
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
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing