activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to be injured; to sustain a wound
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
injured person; wounded person; casualty
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin
to cease; to stop; to be over
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
threat; intimidation; menace
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to be muddy; to be slushy
to lose one's footing; to slip
to fall on one's backside
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear