he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; (lit.) fleeing is winning
discretion; consideration; allowance
locking technique in judo
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
general situation; whole situation; larger picture; overall situation of a game of go
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
to work without sleep or rest
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
to fight; to exchange blows
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
harmful insect; noxious insect; vermin; pest
useless resistance; vain struggle
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
tackle (e.g. rugby); fishing tackle
to shave off; to scrape off
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
counter for chairs or seats
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
way of talking; speaking style
in that way; like that; that way
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
nausea; sickness in the stomach
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness