attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
cannot be helped; unavoidable
patient; unhurried; leisurely
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
casualties; the killed and wounded
centre of explosion; center of explosion; hypocentre; hypocenter; ground zero
painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
propulsive power; driving force
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
closely; compactly; leaving no space
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to take measures (against); to take steps
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
to search for; to seek for; to look for
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set