hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to splash; to raise (e.g. prices)
thicket; coppice; brushwood
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
to crawl out of; to creep out of
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
going into battle; departure for the front
to boost; to force up; to push up
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
shore; bank (of a body of water)
man and horse; rider and horse; centaur
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
quickly; swishing; whooshing
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)