familiarity with the land; (having) knowledge about a place
locals; local inhabitants
flood bypass; floodway; discharge channel; diversion channel
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
dependent on luck; matter of luck
to do someone in; to bump someone off
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha)
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
powerful army; strengthening of the military
the entire force (of soldiers)
to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious
all-star game; all-star cast
kenpō practitioner; martial artist (esp. of hand-to-hand combat)
all members; everybody; regular member
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
smallish; on the small side
cutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
great swordsman; master fencer
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
self-steering (boat); automatic steering
neighboring countries; surrounding countries
dry riverbed; river beach
to show signs of; to appear
to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt
unidentified flying object; UFO