one's own army; one's own team
to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)
another method; another problem
isolation; being alone; being friendless
(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
inspection; examination; checking
to pound away; to hit at random; to hit ceaselessly
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
nothing to be afraid of; trivial; not amounting to much; can't do anything
surface of the earth; ground surface
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
mistaken idea; misunderstanding; wrong impression
the same rank; equality; apposition
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
joints; points (of a speech)
anti-ship; anti-warship; anti-surface
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
surrender (fall) of a castle
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
quite; utterly; really; completely
ruler; monarch; sovereign
false impression; deceptive appearance; mere show
feudal lord; head of a household; proudly independent person
dismissal (from a position); discharge
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
watchful waiting; careful supervision
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
to burst (open); to break; to split
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
drawing a sword; drawn sword
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages