battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
(small) stone; rock; pebble
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid
tengu; red-faced and long-nosed goblin said to reside deep in the mountains; bragging; conceit; braggart
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); jump
thoroughly; through and through; out and out; in every way; from beginning to end; from start to finish
prisoner's base (children's game); (arch.) man-eating monster
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
contest; comparison; competition
undisputed; entirely; perfect
greater than ...; bigger ...
trifling; trivial; insignificant
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
high and low; rise and fall
difference; variation; difference
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
in the following manner; as follows
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to understand; to make out
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
aggressiveness; competitive spirit; fighting spirit
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
generously; liberally; magnanimously
one part; one portion; one section
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on