pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield (in soccer)
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
manners; behavior; behaviour
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to be too numerous; to be too much
rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
pulsation; pulsatory motion
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
power; might; authority; influence
determination; resolution