(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
thrown kiss; blown kiss; air kiss
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
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)
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
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)
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
to be able to manage somehow or another
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
beyond that point; after that
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
chief; main; principal; important
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to remove; to exclude; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
to blow off; to be blown off
to rush over; to run up to
to stop walking; to pause
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse