shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
murder; killing; murderer
to take over; to hand over
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
murder; homicide; manslaughter
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
flight; desertion; escape
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
to kick (at someone, something)
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
desperation; struggle to the death
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to stop in the midst of; to leave undone
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
to grimace; to make a wry face
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead