to ascertain; to check; to make sure
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition
the very best; excellent; superb
the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive
narrow; small; confined; narrow-minded; intolerant
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to have no chance (of succeeding)
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
detour; circumvention; turning movement
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
to escape from; to get out
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
strike (i.e. industrial action)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
cutter; cutting tool; box cutter; utility knife; (tailor's) cutter; cutter (boat)
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to squash; to crush; to flatten
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)