in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to blow out; to spout out
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
first runner (in a relay race); top-class runner; vanguard (of a person); front line; top runner (system of benchmarking against best-in-class performance)
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
to hide; to conceal oneself
to lose sight of; to miss
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
chasing down and capturing (a criminal, etc.)
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...
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; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
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
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
second grade; second step; second act (in jōruri, noh, kabuki, etc.); third highest division; 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