to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to fight against; to oppose; to face
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
condition; situation; prospects
stroke (swimming); arm stroke; adds strength or emphasis to verbs
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
quick work; (clever) feat
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
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
to one's heart's content; as much as one likes; without reserve; freely; to the full
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
blur; blurred; indistinct
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
finishing blow; coup de grâce
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
Asian mist (illegal maneuver); (arch.) evil fog
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
function; facility; faculty; feature
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature