close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot; (arch.) going on foot; (arch.) walking
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
training; drill; practice; discipline
godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)
battlefield; battleground
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
no use; useless; not fit for its purpose
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
head; brains; intellect; understanding
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
material; substance; matter
(the) best of one's life; lifetime ...
sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
party; gang; company; squad
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
critical moment; do-or-die situation
half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
obstinacy; atman; the self; the ego
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; stratagem; tactics
to indicate; to show; to point to