strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
intelligence; intellect; brains
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
vector; direction (e.g. of one's activities or interests); focus
to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
quest (esp. in role-playing games)
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
beyond that point; after that
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
not caring; not giving a damn
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness