concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
constant travelling; constant traveling; being on the move; restless wandering
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
sounding out; measuring the depths (of a river)
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
of no concern; nothing; trivial; (lit.) not even a fart
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
large number (of); many; majority
war situation; progress of a battle
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
don't you think?; indicates question
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
cut; reduction; curtailment
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
now that; since; so long as; because
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
unloading (a ship); landing; disembarkation
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage