locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
to place firmly; to hit very hard
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
double; twice (as much); twofold
speed per second; velocity per second; instant; moment; a few seconds
ten; 10; ten years of age
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
classical form of martial art
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
penetration; permeation; transmission
to pause; to have a short intermission
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
equipment; device; installation; stage setting