unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
chance (of success); odds
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
haniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
how can (one) do something
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
counter for chairs or seats
arm; skill; efforts; ability
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to be needed; to be wanted
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
but; however; provided that
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
greater than ...; bigger ...
to thrust before; to thrust at
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
threat; intimidation; menace
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
soba noodles in broth served continuously so that the guest or customer never has an empty bowl