saltpeter; saltpetre; niter; nitre; potassium nitrate
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
violent explosion; bursting
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
several times; a few times
not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
perfect (for); ideal; just right; most suitable; tailor-made
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
possession; retention; maintenance; holding; keeping
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
Penthorum chinense (species of saxifrage)
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to tie; to bind; to fasten
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
serious damage; heavy damage; being wrecked; thrashing (an opponent); crushing; giving a drubbing
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
one; same (mind, path, etc.)
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to die by drowning; to drown
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well