head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
laboring in vain or for no result; labouring in vain
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
pretext; pretense; pretence
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to push down; to knock down
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
whole family; entire family; all (members of) the family; all over the house; throughout the house
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
genuine article; real thing; real deal
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
about when; about what time; how soon
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)