protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
both hands; both arms; ten
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to not take seriously; to take lightly
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
creation; generation; formation; derivation
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)