to fall completely silent; to become still as death
grasp; catch; understanding
stairs; stairway; staircase
going through; going via; going by way of
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
so what!; who gives a damn?
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
innate ability; innate talent; natural gift
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
continuation; succession; series
consists of; comprises; is made up of
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
way out; means to escape; escape route
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
each place; various places
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to forget completely; to leave behind
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
mental; spiritual; emotional
confusion; distraction; derangement
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound