sphere; counter for balls
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
(school) period; period or division of time; time limit
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
short pause; short interval
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
to turn upwards; to leave a clean aftertaste
triangle; triangular shape
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); type; kind
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
piece of meat; cut of meat
quick firing; rapid firing
electricity; (electric) light
sweeping with fire; mowing down; strafing
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun