spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
interruption; interference; butting in
line of spears held at the ready
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear
guiding principle; single-minded policy; one's sole talent; single spear
jousting match; joust; tournament (medieval)
skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear; victim; scapegoat; someone singled out (for punishment, etc.)
Leibnitz daisy (Leibnitzia anandria)
padded spear (for practice)
to be made an example of; to be made a victim of; to be exposed to ridicule
spear with curved cross-blades
whatever misfortune happens; (lit.) even if spears fall out of the sky
come hell or high water; no matter what happens; (lit.) even if rain or spears should fall
spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
come hell or high water; no matter what happens; (lit.) even if rain or spears should fall
tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole reliance on simple determination (naive spiritualism) in fighting an overwhelming foe
Luzula capitata (species of woodrush); shortawn foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis)
Pacific blackdragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus)
Tanakia lanceolata (species of cyprinid)
spear carrier (for the master of a samurai family)