counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
front kick (esp. martial arts)
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
counter for chairs or seats
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to have an uneasy conscience
compensating; making up for; supplementation
over-optimistic calculation; counting one's chickens before they're hatched
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
flight; desertion; escape
the scruff or nape of the neck
to run out (e.g. of the room)
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
flustered; confused; panicked