any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
fragment; one of the group or party
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
melting; liquefying; fusion
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to be able to manage somehow or another
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
with a crack; with a smash
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
with a snap; with a crack
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman