ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
to get back to normal; to get back into one's stride; to get back into the swing of it
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
without; but if; otherwise; or else
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
one-armed shoulder throw (judo or sumo)
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
weak point; unskillfulness
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
wooden joints; paired karate kata; beltwork
criticism (by a teacher or coach, with commentary, especially at a poetry reading); review; critique
somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
intercept; interception; counter-attack
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to have a well-defined character (of video game, anime, etc. character); to stand out as a character
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring