locational advantage; advantageous position
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
to concern; to be related
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
chance (of success); odds
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
cabbageworm (caterpillar of the cabbage white butterfly)
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to eat up; to consume (completely)
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale