preliminary test or trial; tryout
to attack; to assault; to assail
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
being alone; solitude; loneliness; orphan
intercept; interception; counter-attack
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
distance (of a ski jump, baseball hit, etc.); carry (of a golf ball); flight (of an arrow)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
combination technique in Judo
to flare up; to burst into flames
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge