rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
emergency staircase; fire escape
four-digit number; thousands column
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
ideal weather (for some action, event, etc.); perfect day
stone throwing; (throwing) stone
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
painting all over; covering in paint
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
something long; useless things; white elephant; boondoggle
undressing; taking off one's clothes; stripping
midwinter; dead of winter
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
depending on; dependent upon; relying on
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
riding double (on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.); sharing a seat; sharing a chair
to force one's way through
higher rank; better position
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
comparatively; quite; rather
walking heavily; lumbering
bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation; onlookers see more of the game than the players do; (lit.) people watching a game of go see eight moves further ahead
war situation; progress of a battle
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
rare; extraordinary; unparalleled; unparallelled
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; bait
the staff; inside the department
to be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly; to desire intensely; to covet
to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
bikini (swimwear); Bikini island