spell; curse; dharani; mantra
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
from what (I've) seen; given that ...
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
not necessarily so; is not always true
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
healing item; health item
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
number of times; frequency; count
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
frequency (of occurrence)
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
dash at the beginning of a short-distance race; charging ahead at full strength from the beginning
empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank