at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
space (room, area, outer space)
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to thrust before; to thrust at
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
personality; style; appearance
moment; brief space of time
complete change; about-face
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
one's assessment of the situation
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to look around; to survey
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
hostility; animosity; enmity
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
mental; spiritual; emotional