to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
behind; in the rear; in back
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
fall; drop; descent; coming down
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
to mow; to reap; to harvest
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
to finish reading; to read through
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
palm heel; heel of the palm
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
to collapse into; to flop onto
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)