check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
same country; same province; the (said) country
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
great war; great battle; world war
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
scene; view; prospect; outlook
reopening; resumption; restarting
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
scrap wood; waste wood; waste; waste material; scrap material
scrap lumber; piece of wood
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
internal organs; intestines; viscera
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
northwestern part; the northwest
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to continue to rain or snow
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
to smile broadly; to grin widely
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
stem (of a plant); stem (bicycle part); axle; shaft