number of persons; personnel
burlesque; low comedy; farce
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono); percentage; commission
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
nonprosecution; nonindictment
release; liberation; acquittal
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
detour; circumvention; turning movement
force (bulldoze) one's way through
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
having said that; be that as it may
to join together; to combine; to join up
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
instant; moment; for an instant
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over