to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
practical question (problem); practical matter
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
passing through without stopping; passing by
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
interference; intervention; meddling
dwarf; midget; elf; Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
how should I know?; don't ask me
winning a battle; victory; victorious battle
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)