to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
even if; even though; however; no matter how
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to unfold; to unroll; to open
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; (lit.) to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
big frame; large figure; huge body
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
company; corporation; workplace