(providing) covering fire; supporting (someone in a debate, dispute, etc.); backing (someone) up
to strain every nerve; to feel nervous
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
steering; piloting; flying; management (of people); handling; manipulation
riding together; riding with
to stay calm; to keep cool
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
grapple; scuffle; fight; defeating one's enemy on the battlefield
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
sabotage; subversive activities
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
powdered; powdery; pulverized
Calorie Mate (meal replacement)
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
east, west, south and north
party; gang; company; squad
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath; to breathe fire; to spit fire
dysfunction; malfunction; insufficiency