now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
continuation; succession; series
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
scaffold constructor; steeplejack
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
high and low; rise and fall
birds of prey (of order Falconiformes or Strigiformes); raptors
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
several times; several degrees
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to sustain a serious wound
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to indicate; to show; to point to
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to do thoroughly; to check through and through
natural (e.g. talent); innate; inborn; inherent
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
killing and wounding; bloodshed
genius; prodigy; natural gift