laws of nature; physical laws; physics
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
behind; in the rear; in back
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
(not) even once; (not) ever
putting into operation; invocation
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)