to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
fall; drop; descent; coming down
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to shake; to sway; to waver
ignoring; acting as if it is nothing
special; particular; peculiar; unique
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to throw oneself (into an activity)
to bring back; to restore
combination; union; binding; bond
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
beyond imagination; unimaginable
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
to rampage; to run wild; to go berserk; to be violent (waves, wind, etc.); to be rough
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
creation; generation; formation; derivation
being struck by lightning; torpedo attack
to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to be prolonged; to drag on
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation