tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
to thrust before; to thrust at
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed