counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
offense and defense; offence and defence
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
stepwise; one step at a time
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
description; describing; depicting
difficult to ...; hard to ...
raging fire; conflagration
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
to squeeze out; to wring out
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
everywhere; all over; throughout
large quantity; large amount
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
freely; right and left; as one pleases