watchful waiting; careful supervision
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
practice; practising; experience
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
having said that; on the other hand
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
class; heading; group; category
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
chin; jaw; gills; branchia
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
wounded person; injured person
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)