arm; skill; efforts; ability
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
instant; moment; for an instant
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to collapse into; to flop onto
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
wetting; love affair; lover
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to bring; to take; to bring about
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
it is not (like that) either