to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
digging into (e.g. one's skin); cutting into; inroads (e.g. into a market); encroachment (e.g. on territory); deficit; loss
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
operation; functioning; running
keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
former name for makushita division
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
in succession; one after another
explosive; blasting powder
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to crawl out of; to creep out of
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
the opposite direction; the other way
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
underground; subterranean
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with