pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
to get between; to be caught in
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
choker (type of necklace)
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
panoramic (view, perspective, etc.); high-level; comprehensive (manner); holistic; broad
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
destruction; annihilation; extermination
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
in case of; at that time; at this time
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being)
to talk to oneself; to mutter
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
remnants of a defeated army