numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
ignition; combustion; firing a blank cartridge; discharge of a gun without bullets; firing (of an event); triggering
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
metallic sound; metallic clank
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
dull sound; muffled sound
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to go out and away; to leave
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to accept; to receive; to agree