to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; uchikowashi riots (Edo period); destructive urban riots protesting the high price of rice
many; much; plenty; hardly
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
mission; delegation; mission (assignment); (religious) mission; mission school; transmission (in a motor vehicle)
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
reinforcement; strengthening
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to use and then throw away
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
amount of material resources
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
control of the air; air supremacy
(some) more; even more; longer; further
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
feeling keenly; fully realizing
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
digestive medicine; medicine for the stomach and bowels
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
euphoria; eudemonia; euphoric
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
fever (state of excitement)
to continue to do; to persist in doing
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook