just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp
all you have to do is; just; that's all
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
joint struggle; common (united) front
long-awaited; much-awaited
absolute basics; very rudiments
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
about; concerning; as to; regarding
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to be bewitched by a fox; to be confused
walking briskly; determinedly
boiled and half-dried bonito
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
noisily (of water gushing, pouring, spilling, splashing, spraying, etc.)
discouragement; disappointment